Kolhapur district

Kolhapur district
Kolhapur district
District of Maharashtra
	Bhuibawada Ghat
	Location of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Pune
Headquarters	Kolhapur
Tehsils	1. Gadhinglaj, 2. Karveer, 3. Bhudargad, 4. Panhala, 5. Kagal, 6. Shirol, 7. Hatkanangale, 8. Ajara, 9. Chandgad, 10. Gaganbawada, 11. Radhanagari, 12. Shahuwadi
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	1. Kolhapur, 2. Hatkanangle (shared with Sangli District), based on (Election Commission website)
Area
• Total	7,685 km2 (2,967 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,876,001
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
• Urban	32%
Demographics
• Literacy	89%
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH-4, NH-204
Average annual precipitation	1035 mm
Website	kolhapur.gov.in/en/

Kolhapur district (Marathi pronunciation: [kolʱaːpuɾ]) is in Maharashtra state. The city of Kolhapur is the district headquarters. As of 2011^[update], the district had population of 3,876,001, of which 33% were urban.

Demographics[edit]

According to the 2011 census Kolhapur district has a population of 3,876,001. This gives it a ranking of 65th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 504 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,310/sq mi). Its population growth over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.96%. Kolhapur has a sex ratio of 953 females for every 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.01% and 0.78% of the population respectively.^[1]

Religions in Kolhapur district (2011)^[2]
Religion			Percent
Hindus			87.20%
Muslims			7.39%
Jains			4.00%
Buddhists			0.77%
Other or not stated			0.64%

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 89.16% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 3.84% Hindi, 2.70% Urdu and 2.00% Kannada as their first language.^[3]

The district has three centres of tourism, the Mahlakshmi Temple and Karveer Peeth Jagadguru Shankaracharya Math in the city of Kolhapur and Jyotiba temple in Wadi ratnagiri.^[4]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	872,720	—
1911	792,681	−0.96%
1921	794,673	+0.03%
1931	908,317	+1.35%
1941	1,039,279	+1.36%
1951	1,267,609	+2.01%
1961	1,552,636	+2.05%
1971	2,001,973	+2.57%
1981	2,457,095	+2.07%
1991	2,989,507	+1.98%
2001	3,523,162	+1.66%
2011	3,876,001	+0.96%
source:^[5]

Educational Institutions[edit]

The Kolhapur district has a good number of educational institutions that provide a range of educational programs - from KG to PG and beyond. The district has Shivaji University located in the city of Kolhapur. The university provides various master and Ph.D. level programs. Shivaji University covers three districts - Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara under its jurisdiction. Apart from the university, Kolhapur district has a number of other renowned educational institutions like CSIBER-Chhatrapati Shahu Institute of Business Education and Research, Rajaram College Kolhapur, Swami Vivekanand College Kolhapur, D. Y. Patil College of Engineering and Technology, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Government Medical College, Mouni Vidyapeeth, KIT College of Engineering Kolhapur, etc. Kolhapur District is enriched in terms of the availability of quality education of all kinds.

Administration and Divisions[edit]

Districts, Sub-Divisions and Talukas in Pune Division
Name of Division (Headquarter)	Sr. No.	Districts	Administration	Sub-Division	Taluka	Source
Pune Division HQ=Pune Districts=5 SubDivisions=31 Talukas=64	1.	Kolhapur District	HQ-Kolhapur Sub-Divisions-6 Taluka-12	Panhala	Panhala Shahuwadi	District website
				Ichalkaranji	Shirol Hatkanangale
				Karvir	Karveer Gaganbawada
				Radhanagari	Radhanagari Kagal
				Bhudargad	Bhudargad Ajara
				Gadhinglaj	Gadhinglaj Chandgad