Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Maharashtra
- Division
- Pune
- Headquarters
- Satara
- Body
- Satara Zilla Parishad
- Guardian minister
- Shambhuraj Desai , ( Cabinet Minister MH )
- President z p satara
- Mrs. Priya Shinde
- District collector
- Jitendra Dudi (IAS)
- Ceo z p satara
- Dnyaneshwar Khilari (IAS)
- Mps
- Udayanraje Bhosale , ( Satara ) , Dhairyasheel Patil , ( Madha )
- Total
- 10,480 km (4,050 sq mi)
- Density
- 209/km (540/sq mi)
- Official
- Marathi
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Tehsils
- 1. Satara , 2. Karad , 3. Wai , 4. Mahabaleshwar , 5. Phaltan , 6. Maan , 7. Khatav , 8. Koregaon , 9. Patan , 10. Jaoli , 11. Khandala
- Loksabha
- 1. Satara , 2. Madha (shared with Solapur district )
- Major highways
- NH-48 , NH-160 , NH-166E , NH-266 , NH-548C , NH-548E , NH-965 , NH-965D
- Website
- www .satara .gov .in /en /
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Encyclopedic overview
Satara 1896
Satara district (ISO: Sātārā Jilhā; Marathi pronunciation: [saːt̪aɾaː]) is a district of Maharashtra state in western India with an area of 10,480 km (4,050 sq mi) and a population of 3,003,741 of which 14.17% were urban (as of 2011). Satara is the capital of the district, and other major towns include Medha, Wai, Karad, Malkapur, Umbraj, Koregaon, Rahimatpur, Dahiwadi, Koynanagar, Phaltan, Lonand, Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Vaduj and Mhaswad. This district comes under Pune Administrative Division along with Pune, Sangli, Solapur and Kolhapur. The district of Pune bounds it to the north, Raigad bounds it to the north-west, Solapur the east, Sangli to the south, and Ratnagiri to the west.Satara is home to number of maratha warriors such as Hambirrao Mohite,Prataprao Gujar,Tanaji Malusare,Shindes of Kanherkhed etc
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Satara district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.