Kolhapur district is in Maharashtra state. The city of Kolhapur is the district headquarters. As of 2011, the district had population of 3,876,001, of which 33% were urban.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Kolhapur district has a population of 3,874,015, roughly equal to the nation of Liberia or the US state of Oregon. 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/sqmi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 9.96%. Kolhapur has a sex ratio of 953 females for every 1000 males.
Kolhapur is mentioned in the Devi Gita, the final and key chapter of the Devi-Bhagavata Purana, a special text of Shaktism. Kolhapur is noted as a place of Kollamma worship. In the text, Devi says,
Medieval era
The Shilahara family at Kolhapur was the latest of the three and was founded about the time of the downfall of the Rashtrakuta Empire. They ruled over southern Maharashtra; the modern districts of Satara, Kolhapur and Belgaon. Their family deity was the goddess Mahalakshmi, whose blessing they claimed to have secured in their copperplate grants (Mahalakshmi-labdha-vara-prasada). Like their relatives of the northern branch of Konkan, the Shilaharas of Kolhapur claimed to be of the lineage of the Vidyadhara Jimutavahana. They carried the banner of golden Garuda. One of the many titles used by the Shilaharas was Tagarapuravaradhisvara, supreme sovereign ruler of Tagara.[3]
Kolhapur State, together with its jagirs or feudatories, covered an area of 3,165 square miles (8,200km²). According to the 1901 census, the state population was 910,011, of which 54,373 resided in Kolhapur Town. In 1901, the state enjoyed an estimated revenue of £300,000.
Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency (Marathi:कोल्हापूर लोकसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India.
Assembly segments
Presently, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on 19 February 2008, Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:
...Corporation and IchalkaranjiMunicipal Corporation from Kolhapur district together, Patil said he sees no problem in forming an alliance.'The pattern for assembly and municipal elections is different.
A permission has been granted to capture, collar and move him to the STR, along the Western Ghat section of Satara, Sangli, and Kolhapur districts ... section of Satara, Sangli, and Kolhapur districts.
Kolhapur ... The suspects from Kolhapur district are identified as Rohit Sanjay Deshpande (34), of Kodani village in Chikkodi tehsil and Pranav Sambhaji Powar (28) of Kogil Khurd village in Karvir tehsil ... .
A civic action committee has alleged that while restoration and reconstruction works of Keshavrao Bhosale Natyagruh are going on at a fast pace, the proposal to reconstruct Shahu Khasbag Maidan, a ...
Pawar had said the windmill firms in question were located in areas like Satara, Patan, Kolhapur and Beed, and Fadnavis had said he would look into it.
Members of the Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal, an apex body of Marathi cinema's producers, directors and technicians, have demanded that the district administration should provide Shahu...
A man allegedly gate-crashed his niece's wedding reception in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district and mixed poison in the food prepared for guests as he was against her marriage, police said on Wednesday ... .
NEW DELHI. A man allegedly gate-crashed his niece's wedding reception in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district and poisoned the food prepared for the guests as he opposed her marriage, according to police on Wednesday ... .
A man, who was upset over his niece getting married without his permission, decided to poison the guests at her wedding reception. The incident happened in Utre village of Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district on Tuesday ...Case against the accused ... See more.
... and medical health minister being from Kolhapur.Rupesh Patil, district president, Swabhimani Sambhaji Brigade, said, 'On Monday, I came to CPRHospital with one patient for blood and urine tests.
We have 36 designated hospitals across our districts. Pune district has two centres while there are none in Mumbai suburban. Pune district's two centres for the injectables were BJ Medical College and AundhDistrictHospital.
Prakash Abitkar, minister of health for Maharashtra in the Kolhapur district of India, said authorities have been "aware that this virus has been around for a while" and reassured the public that "surveillance is underway" ... Cough ... .
Dr Vijay Baviskar, the additional director of health services, issued the directives on Saturday to the deputy directors of health services in the districts of Pune, Thane, Nagpur, and Kolhapur.
...Surekha More, Sarpanch of Pohale village, said, 'A large number of devotees from Kolhapur district arrive on their two-wheeler vehicles and via walking to go to JyotibaTemple at Wadi-Ratnagiri.
On December 16, Ulpe, a resident of Kasaba-Bawada in western Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district, suffered a heart attack and was rushed to a private hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
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