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PLACES OF INTEREST
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DEVRUKH
Devrukh (Sangameshvar T.; 17° 00' N, 73° 35' E; p. 6,470), head- quarters of the Sangameshvar taluka since 1878, stands on an open plain or table-land about twelve miles south of Sangameshvar, between Kundi and Amba passes, at the foot of the Sahyadri range and below the fort of Mahipatagad. The headquarters of the taluka was moved from Sangameshvar to Devrukh in 1878. Devrukh, though it present with no trade lies on the motorable road between Sakharpe at the foot of Amba pass and Sangameshvar.
[Details are given later.] It is healthy, well-wooded and picturesque. The nearest railway station is Kolhapur, 61 miles to the south-east. Vegetables, grocery and cloth are brought from Kolhapur.
There is a civil and judicial court, a police station and a high school at Devrukh.
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