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:
Kolhapur. Health and family welfare minister Prakash Abitkar conducted a meeting at the district collectorate on Tuesday to discuss various issues regarding the Radhanagari-Dajipur area.
... the state, including districts of Vidarbha, between December 27 and 28 ... On December 26, isolated areas in the southern parts of Kolhapur, Sangli, and Solapur districts are expected to receive rainfall.
The cracks have resulted in water leakage at 277 litres per second.A team of experts from the state Water ResourcesDepartment (WRD) will visit the dam in Radhanagari tehsil of Kolhapur district on ...
... (urban land measurement) of the land records department, said a plan has been outlined to appoint deputy superintendents from Pune, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, and Kolhapur districts as inquiry officers.
Five individuals from Malewadi village in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district were arrested late on Thursday night on the charge of hunting a wild boar and consuming its meat.
Pune division includes 5 districts namely Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur and Pune. Pune division includes 5 districts namely Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur and Pune ... from Pune district alone.
The MLAs claim any increase in the dam's height will aggravate the the flood situation in Sangli and Kolhapur districts ... In both Sangli and Kolhapur districts, the monsoon floods cause severe crop and property damage.
At 968, the maximum number of applications have been received from Nagpur district; followed by 560 from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar; 530 from Nashik; 331 from Pune; 316 from Ahilya Nagar; 285 from Solapur; 147 from Amravati; and 118 from Kolhapur.
... husband was admitted to a hospital in Kolhapur for treatment of an ailment, after which she and her son were driving to the woman’s maternal home in Goa to return the SUV which belonged to a relative.
... state excise department has deployed nine flying squads to prohibit illegal transport of liquor, while check posts have been erected at six places on roads leading to Kolhapur district.
The 28 TMC reservoir, largest in the district, is located around 55km from Kolhapur city and has been losing hundreds of litres of water every day owing to the cracks.The state irrigation department ...
Kolhapur ... cane-producing districts last month ... If the sugar produced is 100 kg after crushing one ton of sugarcane, then the crushing is 10%.Kolhapur district has a current sugar recovery rate of 9.53%.
Kolhapur. The results of the 63rd primary round of the Maharashtra Rajya Houshi MarathiNatya Spardha for Kolhapur centre were announced by director of cultural affairs Bibhishan Chavare on Monday ...Nineteen theatre groups from the district competed.
Activists associated with the Krishna Mahapur Niyantran Samiti demanded that Maharashtra govt immediately publish findings of a study, begun in Jan last year, by experts of the National Institute of ...
Jyotiba Shinde, a farmer cultivating sugarcane and paddy on about four acres in WadiRatnagiri (Kolhapur district) in Maharashtra, receives ₹6,000 per year in three equal instalments under the ...
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