Satara (District)

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Satara District
District map
State Maharashtra
Division : Pune
Administrative headquarters : Satara
Area : 10,480 km²
Residents : 3,003,741
Population density : 287 inhabitants / km²
Website : satara.nic.in

The Satara District ( Marathi : सातारा जिल्हा ) is one of 35 districts in Maharashtra State in India .

The city of Satara is the administrative seat of the district. The last census in 2011 showed a total population of 3,003,741 people, of which 1,512,524 men and 1,491,398 women. In the years from 2001 to 2011, the population grew by 6.94%. 82.87% of Satara's adult population could read in 2011.

history

From pre-Christian times to the year 1318 the area - like the whole region - was ruled by various Buddhist and Hindu rulers. The first state known by name was the Maurya Empire , the last non-Muslim dynasty were the Yadavas of Devagiri. After decades of military clashes with Muslim rulers in northern India, it was occupied by Muslim soldiers in 1318. Thereafter, various Muslim dynasties ruled until 1707 (Sultanate of Delhi, Bahmani, Dekkan sultanates and the Great Mughals). In 1707 the area became part of the Hindu Marathon Empire. After the Marathas were defeated by the British in 1818, it became part of the British Empire as an independent state. They ruled from 1818 to 1849 through rajas who were comfortable with them, after which the district became part of the British administrative region of Bombay Presidency . With the independence of India in 1947 and the reorganization of the country, it became part of the new state of Bombay State in 1950 . During this time, the previous Satara district was divided into the districts of North Satara (today's area of ​​the district) and South-Satara (today's Sangli district ). In 1960 this Indian state was divided and the area came to the newly created state of Maharashtra.

population

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Satara district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase slowed down in the years 2001–2011, however, and was only around 7 percent (6.93%). In these ten years, however, the population increased by around 200,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

The most populous town in the district is Satara with more than 120,000 inhabitants. Other major cities with a population of more than 20,000 people are Karad , Phaltan , Wai , Malkapur , Karanje Turf Satara and Kodoli . The urban population makes up only 18.99 percent of the total population.

Population of the district by confession

A clear vast majority of the population are Hindus. The Buddhists and Muslims are significant minorities. The following table shows the exact religious composition of the population:

year Buddhists Christians Hindus Jainas Muslims Sikhs Other not specified Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % Residents %
2001 128,570 4.58% 3,759 0.13% 2,533,359 90.19% 12,156 0.43% 125,661 4.47% 1.107 0.04% 1,359 0.05% 3,023 0.11% 2,808,994 100.00%
Source: 2001 India Census

District population by language

A clear vast majority of the population speaks Marathi. A significant minority of over 3% speaks Hindi (with Hindi dialects even 120,000 people). Native speakers with over 10,000 people each are Kannada, Urdu, Marwari (Hindi dialect with Marathi influences), Telugu, and Gujarati. The following table shows the exact linguistic composition of the population:

year Marathi Hindi Kannada Urdu Marwari Telugu Gujarati Other Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % Residents %
2001 2,582,124 91.92% 85,574 3.05% 28,998 1.03% 28,713 1.02% 27,233 0.97% 17,426 0.62% 12,600 0.45% 26,326 0.94% 2,808,994 100.00%
Source: 2001 India Census

Web links

Commons : Satara District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • District website
  • [1] - Map of the Satara District
  • [2] - Satara District
  • [3] - Some background information about the district
  • [4] - Economy, nature and sights

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census
  2. ^ History of the District
  3. ^ History of the district up to 1900 in the Imperial Gazeteer Of India
  4. ^ Result of the 2011 census on city population
  5. ↑ Census of India 2001 (PDF; 54 kB)