Shahuwadi is a
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
in the
Karvir subdivision of the
Kolhapur district
Kolhapur district (Marathi pronunciation: olʱaːpuɾ 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 Nor ...
in the Indian state of
Maharashtra.
As India expanded in 1949, Kolhapur was redistricted and expanded to include Shahuwadi.
The
Amba Ghat mountain pass on
Ratnagiri
Ratnagiri ( IAST:Ratnāgirī ; �ət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India. The district is a part of Konkan division of Maharashtra. The city is known fo ...
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Kolhapur
Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'.
Kolhapur is k ...
road (
NH 204) is nearby.
Shahuwadi has 145 villages. The distance between Kohalpur and Shahuwadi is 46.5km.
Historical places
* Ganpati Mandhir
* Pawankhind
* Old Palace
* Laxmi Vilas Palace
* Shalini Palace
* Dongrai Buddhist Caves
* Teen Darwaja
* Sandhya Math
* Dutondi Buruj
* Panhala Fort
* Naykinicha Sajja
* Ambarkhana
Language
The official languages are
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national id ...
and
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
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References
Cities and towns in Kolhapur district
Talukas in Maharashtra
Kolhapur district
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