Solapur South Taluka is one of the 11

tehsils A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ce ...

of Solapur District in the

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. This tehsil is located in the southeastern side of district and is bordered by

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to the northeast, North Solapur and Mohol Taluka to the north, Akkalkot Taluka to the southeast,

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to the south, and Mangalvedhe Taluka to the west. The tehsil headquarters is located at

Solapur Solapur () is a city located in the south-western region of the States and Territories of India, Indian state of Maharashtra, close to its border with Karnataka. Solapur is located on major highway, rail routes between Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore ...

, which is also the district headquarters and its largest city. Mandrup, Kumbhari, Valasang, Musti and Boramani are the biggest villages in south Solapur.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, the taluka had a population of 260,897, entirely rural. Solapur South had a sex ratio of 944 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 73.42% for the population 7 years and above. 13.35% of the population is under 6 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.47% and 4.52% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 37.61% of the population in the taluka spoke

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, 35.69%

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

, 9.26%

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, 5.46%

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, 5.12%

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and 4.88%

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as their first language.

References

Cities and towns in Sangli district Talukas in Maharashtra {{Solapur-geo-stub