Solapur district

Solapur District (सोलापूर) is a in  state of. The city of is the district headquarters. It is located on the south east edge of the state and lies entirely in the Bhima and Seena  basins. The entire district is drained by the.

Solapur District leads in production. Kundalsangam, Karmala and Barshi have adopted the path of development through industry and education. Akkalkot also has mallikarjun temple where many lingayat devotees workship daily.

The presiding deity of Maharashtra, Lord is at  in this district. of has followers from all walks of life. Solapur is famous as a textile town, especially owing to its talented weavers’ community, and is an important railway junction on the North-South train line.

Facts
District - Solapur

Area - 14886 km²

Sub-divisions - Solapur, Madha (Kurduwadi), Pandharpur

Talukas - North Solapur, Barshi, Akkalkot, South Solapur, Mohol,Mangalvedha,, , , Karmala, Madha.

Proposal for a separate Phandarpur District The Solapur district is under proposal to be bifurcated and a separate Phandarpur district be carved out of existing Solapur district. Distance from Mumbai - 450 km

Means of transport - Railway stations -Solapur, Mohol, Kurduwadi, Madha, Akkalkot Road ST Buses, SMT (Solapur Municipal Transportation, Auto-Rikshaws. Solapur station has daily train service to via  known as Also, daily shuttle from  to  known as

Population The district is 31.83% urban as of 2001. 
 * Total - 3,849,543(District)

Area under irrigation - 4,839.15 km²

Irrigation projects Major-1 Medium-2 Minor-69 Imp. Projs.- Bhima Ujjani

Industries Big-98 Small-8986

Languages/dialects - ,

Folk-Arts - Lavani, Gondhal, Dhangari,Aradhi and Bhalari songs

Weather Temperature Max: 34.10 °C Min: 21.7 °C Rainfall-759.80 mm (Average)

Main crops -, , Solapur district especially Mangalwedha taluka is known for Jowar. Maldandi Jowar is famous in all over Maharashtra. In December - January agriculturists celebrates Hurda Party. This is also famous event in Solapur. Hurda means pre-stage of Jowar. Agriculturists sow special breed of Hurda, named as Dudhmogra, Gulbhendi etc.

Area under horticulture - 600 km²

Health infrastructure PHCs-67 Rural Hosp.-14 Dist. Hosp.-1 Big Hosp.-30

Tourist places - Pandharpur, Kundalsangam,Akkalkot,, Barshi, Karmala, Nanaj(North Solapur taluka)  In Pandharpur, warkaris come for having darshan of Lord Vitthal and Rukmini without any invitation on Aashadhi Ekadashi and Kartiki Ekadashi. Lakhs of warkari come by walking in scorching sunny or rainy days. They walk hundreds of miles with chanting of Dhyanoba-Tukaram. Jai Jai Vitthal Jai hari Vitthal. Lord Vitthal's temple is of ancient time. This is unique case in world to which statue devotee can touch. Mangalwedha is known as a land of saints like Damaji, Kanhopatra, and Tikacharya. For Damaji, Lord Vitthal came at Mangalwedha as a Vithoo Mahar. Damaji was head clerk of Badshah of Beedar (now in Karnataka), opened doors of warehouses of Jawari in scarcity days and saved thousands of lives.

Educational Institutions Universities - Medical Colleges - Colleges-30 School For Mentally Handicapped -

Primary schools - 2838 Secondary schools - 637

Places of interest



 * Siddheshwar Temple and lake
 * Solapur Fort (Bhuikot Killa)- Fort built by Bahamani sultan
 * Prin.K.P.Mangalvedhekar Institute of Management.,
 * (70 km) - Lord Vithoba Temple,1,2
 * Akkalkot (38 km) - Swami Samarth Maharaj Temple
 * Maldhok wildlife sanctuary, Nannaj
 * Ramling - Lord Mahadeo Temple
 * Gangapur - Shri Dattatreya Temple
 * Dahigaun - Jain Temple
 * Dahigaun - Jain Temple

Places of Interest

Mangalwedha - Saint Damaji's Temple