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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
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ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
The Satara district formerly consisted of only three Prants or Sub-divisions composed of 11 talulcas and three Petas or Mahals. On 1st August 1949, the whole Phaltan State and some villages from Bhor, Aundh and Jamkhindi States were merged in it. At the same time three talukas viz., Khanapur, Walwa and Tasgaon and one mahal viz., Shirala were transferred to the newly formed South Satara (Sangli) district and this district was named as North Satara (now Satara) district. A re-arrangement of the boundaries of (1) Phaltan and (2) Wai talukas and (3) Khandala mahal was effected after the merger of the States in the district. This newly formed district was reconstituted into three prants or sub-divisions comprising nine talukas and two mahals. The district had three sub-divisions prior to the introduction of Community Development as shown below:—
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Name of Prants. |
Names of Talukas. | (1) Satara Prant. |
(1) Satara, (2) Jaoli, (3) Karad and (4) Patan. | (2) Koregaon Prant. |
(1) Koregaon, (2) Khatav, (3) Man, (4) Phaltan and (5) Khandala Mahal. | (3) Mahabaleshwar Prant. |
(1) Wai Taluka and (2) Maha-baleshwar Mahal. |
An independent Karad prant was created after the introduction of National Extension Service and Community Development Block Schemes in Karad taluka.
The National Extension Service was introduced in Patan taluka on 2nd October 1953 and was in operation till October, 1956. This National Extension Service Block has been converted into Community Development Block for the period from 1st November 1956 to 30th September 1959. In order to achieve substantial progress in Community Development Block activities, Patan taluka was placed in charge of an independent Prant Officer. Patan Division, and the Karad Prant were abolished. When the Community Development Block activities in Karad taluka were over, it was given in charge of the Patan Prant.
One village viz., Shamgaon from South Satara (Sangli) district was recently included in Karad taluka of the district under G. R., R. D., No. TLC. 3156-C, dated 19th July 1958.
The district now covers an area of 4034.4 square miles and according to the Census of 1951 has a population of 11,75,309. The administrative divisions stand now as shown below:—
| Area in Sq. miles. | Population (1951 Census). | (1) Satara Division | | |
(i) Satara |
353.4 |
1,62,529 | |
(ii) Koregaon |
364.6 |
1,15,689 | |
(iii) Jaoli |
344.7 |
71,086 | | |
1,062.7 |
3,49,304 | (2) Mahabaleshwar Division |
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(i) Wai |
229.1 |
88,239 | |
(ii) Mahabaleshwar |
87.3 |
20,448 | |
316.4 |
1,08,687 | (3) Patan Division |
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(i) Patan |
513.5 |
1,46,691 | |
(ii) Karad |
405.8 |
2,07,913 | |
919.3 |
3,54,604 | (4) Phaltan Division |
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(i) Phaltan |
455.8 |
99,781 | |
(ii) Khatav |
509.1 |
1,31,360 | |
(iii) Man |
556.0 |
83,478 | |
(iv) Khandala |
203.3 |
48,095 | Total |
1,724.2 |
3,62,714 | Grand Total |
4,022.6* |
11,75,309 |
* The area of the district of Satara as supplied by the Surveyor General of India to the census authorities is 4,034.4 sq. miles. The area statistics given by the Census authorities which are reproduced in this table were obtained by the Census authorities from the District Inspector of Land Records or from local records. The headquarters of Satara and Mahabaleshwar divisions are Satara and Mahabaleshwar, respectively; while the headquarters of Phaltan and Patan divisions are Phaltan and Karad, respectively.
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