Kolhapur district
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Key facts
- 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 .
- Body
- Kolhapur Zilla Parishad
- Guardian minister
- Madhuri Misal , ( Cabinet Minister MH )
- President zilla parishad
- President, Mr. Rahul Patil Vice President, Mr. Jaywantrao Shimpi
- District collector
- Mr. Rahul Rekhawar (IAS)
- Ceo zilla parishad
- Shri Sanjay Singh Chavan (IAS)
- Mps
- Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj ( INC ) , ( Kolhapur ) Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane ( SS ), ( Hatkanangle )
- Total
- 7,692 km (2,970 sq mi)
- Density
- 503.6/km (1,304/sq mi)
- Urban
- 32%
- Literacy
- 82%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Major highways
- NH-4 , NH-204
- Average annual precipitation
- 1035 mm
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Pune division
- Capital
- Kolhapur
- Population
- 3876001
- Area
- 7685
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Ratnagiri district
- Official website
- kolhapur.nic.in
- Households
- 840240
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- topic's main category
- Category:Kolhapur district
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok
- Commons category
- Kolhapur district
- male population
- 1980658
- female population
- 1895343
- short name
- KLP
- urban population
- 1230009
- rural population
- 2645992
- literate population
- 2825845
- illiterate population
- 1050156
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Encyclopedic overview
Kolhapur district (Marathi pronunciation: [kolʱaːpuɾ]) is a district in the Maharashtra state of India. The city of Kolhapur is its district headquarter. It is situated near Panchaganga river.
It is bordered by the Sangli district to the north, by Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg to the west and by Karnataka state to the east.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kolhapur district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.