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{{Short description|District of Maharashtra in India}}
{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Sangli}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sangli district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Maharashtra|District]] of [[Maharashtra]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Image of Kokale, dist.Sangli1.jpg
| image_caption = Kokale, Sangli district
| image_map = Sangli in Maharashtra (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of Sangli district in Maharashtra
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Sangli
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Pune Division|Pune]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Sangli]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = {{unbulleted list|[[Miraj]]|[[Tasgaon]]|[[Kavathe-Mahankal]]|[[Jath]]|'''[[Sankh]]'''|[[Khanapur (Vita)|Khanapur]]|[[Palus, Maharashtra|Palus]]| [[Atpadi]]|[[Walwa subdivision of Sangli district|Walwa]]|[[Kadegaon]]|[[Shirala]]}}
| area_total_km2 = 8578
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 2,822,143
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 25.11%
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 82.41%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = {{unbulleted list|[[Sangli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sangli]]|[[Hatkanangle (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hatkanangle]] (shared with [[Kolhapur District]])<ref>Based on [http://164.100.9.199/ecimaps/ecipdf/state_pc_Map/Maharashtra.pdf Election Commission website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306045236/http://164.100.9.199/ecimaps/ecipdf/state_pc_Map/Maharashtra.pdf |date=6 March 2009 }}</ref>}}
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 4 (India, old numbering)|NH-4]], [[National Highway 204 (India)|NH-204]]
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 400–450 mm
| website = {{URL|https://sangli.nic.in/}}
| official_name =
}}
'''Sangli district''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[saːŋɡli]]]) is a [[Districts of Maharashtra|district]] of [[Maharashtra]] state in west-central India. [[Sangli]] city is the district headquarters. The district is 25.11% urban. Sangli and [[Miraj]] are the largest cities.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} The industrial town of [[Kirloskarwadi]] is also located in the Sangli District. Industrialist [[Laxmanrao Kirloskar]] started his first factory here. It is known as the sugar bowl of India due to its high sugarcane productivity. Sangli District is one of the most fertile and highly developed districts in Maharashtra. The District is very popular as a political power house in the state. It has provided many politicians and bureaucrats and is often referred to as the ''Heaven of Farmers''.

==History==
The district of sangli is a recent creation, being made as late as in 1949. It was then known as South Satara and it has been renamed as Sangli since 1961. It is partly made up of a few talukas which once formed part of the old Satara District and partly of the States and jahagirs belonging to Patvardhans, and Dafles which came to be merged during the post-independence period.
[[Kundal]], the region around Sangli, was the capital of the [[Chalukyas]]. [[Kundal]] was an ancient village, around 1,600 years old. Kaundanyapur (its old name) was a part of [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980928/27151504.html
|title = Chalukya capital tells a tale of ruin
|publisher = Radhesham Jadhav
|access-date = 2009-04-14
}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Geography==
Sangli District is located in the western part of Maharashtra. It is bounded by [[Satara District|Satara]] and [[Solapur District|Solapur]] districts to the north, [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur District]] (Karnataka) to the east, [[Kolhapur District|Kolhapur]] and [[Belgaum District|Belgaum]] (Karnataka) districts to the south, and [[Ratnagiri District]] to the west.

Sangli District is situated in the river basins of the Warna and [[Krishna River|Krishna]] rivers. Other small rivers, such as the [[Warana River]] and the [[Panchganga]], flow into the [[River Krishna]]. Land in the region is suitable for agriculture.

Sangli district has distinct kind of environment. Eastern talukas of Shirala, Walwa, Palus are famous for high rainfall and floods. 2005 floods submerged many villages like Dudhondi, Punadi, Khed, walwa etc.

Western talukas are famous for drought and tanker driven drinking water supply systems. But recent projects like Tembhu-Mhaisal yojana, Takari prakalp ( located in takari town & water lifted & stored in Sagareshwar wildlife sanctuary area), Vita water scheme (located in Dudhondi and Ghogoan village) are changing the water landscape of these talukas. These water projects are located on river Krishna.

Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located at the meeting of three Tehsils of Sangli district: Kadegaon, Walva and Palus. The wildlife sanctuary is man-made; it is an artificially cultivated forest without a perennial supply of water, and most of the wildlife species were artificially introduced. It has an area of 10.87 km².

== Tourism ==
The sanctuary is a popular tourist destination, with the peak tourism season being from August to February. The most popular tourist activity is hiking to the top of a hill in the sanctuary, from which one can see the Krishna River flowing through fields of sugarcane and grapevines. Also in the area are numerous shrines to Shiva which were built during the Chalukya dynasty, and the Krishna Valley Wine Park in Palus. and Kundal is the region around Sangli, was the capital of the Chalukyas. Kundal is a historical place.

== About Sagareshwar ==

The Sagareshwar sanctuary has much religious, cultural and archaeological significance. The sanctuary derives its name from an ancient famous Shiva temple that attracts many devotees. It actually consists of one large temple and a complex of 51 small temples, all from the Satvahana period. You will find the Kamal Bhairao temple, partially hewn from hard Basalt rock perched on the edge of a steep cliff. The entrance to the temple is through a narrow trench.

<gallery>
File:Mirajmarketnorth.jpg|Laxmi Market, [[Miraj]]
File:bharatiyavillage.jpg|A village in Sangli district
File:Shreekshetra Audumbar river bank.jpg|Bhubaneshwari Devi at river bank
File:Shreekshetra Audumbar River Bank.jpg|Shreekshetra Audumbar River Bank
</gallery>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=6,45,696|13=1911|14=6,13,751|15=1921|16=5,97,371|17=1931|18=7,08,858|19=1941|20=8,14,449|21=1951|22=10,00,375|23=1961|24=12,32,986|25=1971|26=15,42,560|27=1981|28=18,34,293|29=1991|30=22,09,488|31=2001|32=25,83,524|33=2011|34=28,22,143|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Sangli District has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,822,143,<ref name="districtcensus" /> roughly equal to the nation of [[Jamaica]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Jamaica 2,868,380 July 2011 est
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Kansas 2,853,118
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
|df=dmy
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 137th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]). The district has a population density of {{convert| 329 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 9.18%. Sangli has a [[sex ratio]] of 964 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 82.62%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 12.51% and 0.65% of the population respectively.<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web|year=2011|title=District Census 2011 - Sangli|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/27/2735_PART_A_DCHB_SANGLI.pdf|publisher=Office of the Registrar General, India}}</ref>
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Sangli district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion - Maharashtra|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in}}</ref>
|titlebar=#FCD116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|darkorange|86.47}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|#008000|8.49}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Maharashtra|Jains]]|brown|3.10}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism|Buddhists]]|mediumblue|1.35}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.59}}
}}
Hinduism is followed by 86.47% of district population. Islam is second largest religion in Sangli district followed by 8.49% of district population. There are significant Jain minorities of 3.1% in Sangli city.

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 85.97% of the population in the district spoke [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 5.09% [[Kannada]], 4.73% [[Hindi]] and 2.38% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==Administration==
Sangli District is composed of 10 talukas, listed below with their populations at the 2011 Census:

* Shirala (162,911)
* Walwa (456,002)
* Palus (164,909)
* Kadegaon (143,019)
* Khanapur (Vita) (170,214)
* Atpadi (138,455)
* Tasgaon (251,401)
* Miraj (854,581)
* Kavathe Mahankal (152,327)
* Jat (328,324)

==Culture==
[[Kundal]] is near Veerbhadra Temple Hill. This temple has 300 years of history. '''Kundal''' is a pilgrimage centre for the [[Digambar]] [[Jainism|Jains]], with thousands of Jains visiting each year. There is a temple built in the memory of Maharaja Jaising.

[[Kundal]] is surrounded by hills, including ''Zari Parshwanath''. Water from the trough cascades near the idol of [[Mahaveer]]. Two caves house the idol of Mahaveer{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} and the images of [[Rama]], [[Sita]], and [[Lakshman]]. ''Samav Sharan'', a large open space on top of another hill, is considered holy by the Jains. They believe that Mahaveer gave sermons to his followers here.

==Notable people==
===Social Reformers/ Freedom fighters===

* [[Vasantdada Patil]]
* [[Nagnath Naikwadi]]
* [[Annabhau Sathe]]
* [[Gopal Ganesh Agarkar]]
* [[Gulabrao Patil]]
* [[Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale]]
*Rajarambapu patil
*Mahavir Pandurang Salunkhe
'''<big>Saints</big>'''

[[Lokanath Swami|Loknath swami]]

===Entertainment/ literature/ culture/ music/ cinema===
* [[Bal Gandharva]]
* [[Asha Bhosale]]
* [[Patthe Bapurao]]
* [[Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar]]
* [[Vishnudas Bhave]]
* [[Sai Tamhankar]]
* [[Vyankatesh Digambar Madgulkar]]
*Vinayak Mahadev Kulkarni

===Sports===
* [[Vijay Hazare]]
* [[Smriti Mandhana]] is from [[Madhavnagar]]
* [[Armaan Jaffer]]

===Politics===
* [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
* [[Vasantdada Patil]]
* [[Patangrao Kadam]]
* [[Jayant Patil]]
* [[R. R. Patil]]
* [[Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale]]
* [[Ramdas Athawale]]
* [[Vishwajeet Patangrao Kadam]]
* [[Sanjaykaka Patil]]
*[[Gopichand Padalkar

===Officers===
* [[Vishwas Nangare Patil]].(IPS)
* [[Dr. Shrikar Keshav Pardeshi (IAS)]]
* [[Amit Khatavkar (IRS)]]
* [[Ganesh Tengale (IRS)]]

==See also==
* [[Tasgaon]]
* [[Madhavnagar]]
* [[Shirala]]
* [[Miraj]]
* [[Kadegaon]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{EB1911 Poster|Sangli}}
* [http://sangli.nic.in/ Official website of Sangli district]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120709160204/http://www.sanglipolice.org/sanglipolice_html_files/sangli_map.htm Map of Sangli district]
* [http://www.laxminarayanpvs.com Laxminarayan Puratan Vastu Sanghralay Museum in Sangli]
* {{facebook|sanglidistrict}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Sangli district
|North = [[Satara district]]
|Northeast = [[Solapur district]]
|East =
|Southeast = [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]], Karnataka
|South = [[Belagavi district]], Karnataka
|Southwest = [[Kolhapur district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Ratnagiri district]]
}}

{{Maharashtra}}
{{Authority control}}

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