Satara district

Satara District is a district in the n state of with an area of 10,480 km&sup2; and a population of 2,808,994 of which 14.17% were urban. is the capital of the district and other major towns include, , , , and. bounds it to the north, the east,  to the south, and  to the west.

The Sahyadri range, or main range of the, runs north and south along the western edge of the district, separating it from Ratnagiri district. The Mahadeo range starts about 10 m. north of Mahabaleshwar and stretches east and south-east across the whole of the district. The Mahadeo hills are bold, presenting bare scarps of black rock like fortresses. The Satara district is part of two main watersheds. The watershed, which is a tributary of the Krishna, includes the north and northeast of the district, north of the Mahadeo hills. The rest of the district is drained by the upper Krishna and its tributaries. The hill forests have a large store of timber and firewood. The whole of Satara district falls within the area; the hills consist of trap intersected by strata of  and topped with, while, of the different soils on the plains, the commonest is the black loamy clay containing carbonate of lime. This soil, when well watered, is capable of yielding heavy crops. Satara contains some important irrigation works, including the Krishna canal. In some of the western parts of the district the average annual rainfall exceeds 5 m.; but on the eastern side water is scanty, the rainfall varying from 1 m in Satara town to less than 30 cm in some places farther east. The district is traversed from north to south by a railway line, which passes 15 km east Satara town.

is on of Biggest sugar plant in maharashtra (7500 TCD) is located near shirwade railway station in karad taluka. The, near Wai, is the Kalubai temple. Located on a hill 4,650 feet above sea level, the temple, some 20 km from Satara, overlooks the picturesque fort. Devotees attribute miraculous properties to a grove around the shrine. Lore has it that the temple is more than 400 years old and was built during Shivaji's Maratha rule. However, no definite date on the temple's construction is available. It was the scene of a tragic stampede on.

Talukas in Satara District
Satara

Phaltan

Khandala

Jawali

Koregaon

Patan

Education and Training Institutes
The in Satara is one of the oldest residential school preparing boys for military career. There are also institutes run by the