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PLACES OF INTEREST
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MALGUND
Malgund (Ratnagiri T.; 17° 05' N, 73° 15' E.; p. 3312), is
a coastal village lying 32 miles north of Ratnagiri. The nearest railway station is Kolhapur, 98 miles to the south-east. State transport buses run from Ratnagiri to Malgund. Agriculture is the main occupation of the village. There are five temples of which that of Ganapati at Ganapatipule [Government List of Civil Forts, 1862. See Ganapatipule.] (a hamlet of Malgund), is famous. There is a secondary school and four primary schools in the village. Grants under the community development programme are given to various institutions for carrying on recreational and cultural activities. There is a primary health sub-centre, a veterinary aid centre, a tailoring school and a coir training school. A road from Malgund to Nivendi was constructed under the community development programme.
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