Sangli Metropolitan Region Explained

Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad
Settlement Type:Urban Agglomeration
Pushpin Map:India Maharashtra
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates:16.8604°N 74.5655°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Maharashtra
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sangli
Government Type:Municipal Corporation
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Rank:91
Population Total:688,000
Population As Of:2022
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Marathi
Demographics Type1:Languages
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30

Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad is urban agglomeration and a municipal corporation in Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Urban areas

The City includes, three nearby urban areas

  1. Sangli is situated on the banks of river Krishna.
  2. Miraj is a railway junction, a major healthcare centre and an export hub of classical Indian musical instruments. Famous hospitals like Wanless Hospital, Krupamayi Mental Hospital and Richardson Leprosy Hospitals are based in Miraj. Government Medical College, Miraj is also located in Miraj.
  3. Kupwad, formerly a small town, now mainly houses the MIDC industrial area. Kupwad MIDC is an industrial area harbouring many foundries, spinning mills, chocolate factories, oil manufacturing, cold storage etc. Notable foundries are Tulsi foundry, J sons foundry. Notable spinning mills like Toto Toya spin ltd. Oil manufacturing factory (Chakan oil mills). Kupwad town has an Employees' State Insurance Hospital (ESIS Hospital) for the Insured persons and their family who are working in Kupwad MIDC area.
  4. Madhavnagar
  5. Budhgaon
  6. Kavalapur
  7. Kumthe
  8. Kavathe Ekand
  9. Tasgaon
  10. Haripur
  11. Ankali
  12. Ashta
  13. Padmale
  14. Karnal
  15. Vasagade
  16. Nandre
  17. Patgaon
  18. Bhose
  19. Arag
  20. Sulgare
  21. Malgaon
  22. Bedag
  23. Belanki
  24. Samdoli
  25. Inam Dhamani
  26. Kavathe Piran
  27. Tung
  28. Mirajwadi
  29. Tanang
  30. Savali

Governance

The Sangli Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the metropolitan area of Sangli Miraj Kupwad. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and police. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation. The Sangli Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation was created on 28 February 1998 by the merger of the previously separate municipal councils of Sangli, Miraj and Kupwad.[1] Sangli had been the district administrative centre and Miraj and Kupwad were small towns located within 10-km distance from Sangli.

Demographics

India census,[2] Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad had a population of over a half million as per 2011 census. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 69%. In Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. In Kupwad, as described by Gumperz and Wilson in 1971, Kannada speaking Jains and Lingayats formed the majority, while the rest consisted of Marathi speaking Dalits, Urdu speaking Muslims and a few Telugu speaking rope-makers. In Miraj Urdu speaking Muslims form a majority of 50% of total population of the city.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: City Profile: Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad. National Institute of Urban Affairs, Government of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20071019112013/http://niua.org/city_des.asp?title=Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad. 19 October 2007. live.
  2. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.
  3. Book: Marti, Felix. Words and Worlds: World Languages Review. Multilingual Matters. 2005. 9781853598272. 27.