Palus, Maharashtra

This article is about the district in India. For the Native American people, see Palus (tribe). For other uses, see Palus (disambiguation).

Palus
city
Nickname:  Palus
Palus Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 17°05′N 74°28′E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Body	Palus Municipal Council
Area
• Total	297 km2 (115 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	164,909
• Density	560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Demonym	Paluskar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH
Vehicle registration	MH-10
Nearest Cities	Sangli, Tasgaon, Kolhapur, Karad, uran islampur
Lok Sabha constituency	Sangli
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Palus Kadegaon
Website	http://www.click2palus.com

Palus is a city and municipal council in sangli district.

In Palus, Grapes production is also done on a very large scale and grapes of Palus are widely known. The grapes here are also sold abroad.

Grapes are grown here using new technologies and different methods.

Demographics

Religions in Palus taluk (2011)
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			87.75%
Islam			6.12%
Jainism			4.11%
Buddhism			1.81%
Other or not stated			0.21%

Palus taluka had a population of 164,909, entirely in rural areas. The sex ratio is 933 females per 1000 males and the literacy rate is 86.11%. 16,700 were under 6 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 11.15% and 0.71% of the population respectively.

Languages of Palus taluk (2011)

  Marathi (94.27%)

  Hindi (2.93%)

  Others (2.80%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 94.27% of the population spoke Marathi and 2.93% Hindi as their first language.

Industrial zone, MIDC & other

The industrial zone of Palus produces various parts in foundry, full finished machining on it as per requirement . It is home to the Krishna Valley Wine Park, Krishna-verala spinningmills and a marketplace with hardware and construction shops.

India's second oldest industrial township kirloskarvadi is located in palus taluka.

Kirloskar Brothers is located about 4 kilometers from Palus. Corporations are located in Kirloskarvadi include Kirloskar Ebara Pumps limited (KEPL), Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) and other steelwork firms.

• Palus mini MIDC, palus
• Sandgewadi (Palus) MIDC, palus
• Sawantpur Vasahat
• Famous Milk dairies in large scales
• Valves and water pumps manufacturers, machine shops, foundries, cnc machine shops.
• Grapes farming in large scale
• Tiles and hardware markets are also in large scale
• Hindustan petroleum corporation limited (HPCL) Gas bottling plant and gas and petrol supply unit, Hajarwadi (Bhilawadi railway station)

Education

• Laxmanrao Kirloskar School & Junior College.
• Bharti vidyapeeth college of engineering.
• Bachpan play school
• Pandit Vishnu digambar school and college
• Arts, Commerce and Science College Palus
• Industrial training institute palus
• Shri Samarth English medium school
• Jawaharlal navodaya vidyalaya palus (JNV) PALUS.
• Takshila School

And Many more schools, colleges, academies are situated in palus & surrounding area.

Attractive places to visit

Attractions in the Palus area include the

• Samarth dhondiraj maharaj temple
• Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
• Grapes farm
• Famous Milk dairies in large scale situated here you can be visit.
• Shreekshetra audumbar
• Krishna ghat, Bhilawadi
• Kundal forest academy by GOV OF MAHARASHTRA
• Hanuman temple, pundi
• Palus market
• the fair of palus is also very famous .

Hindustani classical vocalist Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (1872-1931) was born there.

Temples

• Dhondiraj Maharaj Math/Mandir
• H. Daval Malik (Baba) Dargah
• Old Vitthal Temple
• New Vitthal Temple
• Shivling Temple
• Nag Temple
• Birudeo Temple
• Hanuman Temple
• Gram Daivat Padmavati Mandir
• Ganpati temple palus colony, palus
• Balumama Temple

Villages

The villages in the Tehsil include:

• Amanapur
• Andhali
• Ankalkhop
• Anugdewadi
• Audumbar
• Bambavade
• Bhilawadi
• Bramhanal
• Burli
• Burungwadi
• Chopdewadi
• Dahyari
• Dudhondi
• Ghogaon
• Hajarwadi
• Khandobachiwadi
• Khatav
• Kirloskarvadi
• Kundal
• Malwadi
• Morale
• Nagrale
• Nagthane
• Palus
• Pundi Tarf Walava
• Pundiwadi
• Ramanandnagar
• Sandgewadi
• Sandgewadi MIDC area
• Santgaon
• Sawantpur
• Shere Dudhondi
• Sukhwadi
• Surygaon
• Tavdarwadi
• Tupari
• Vitthalwadi
• Vasgade

Transport

Palus is served by the following transport infrastructure: By Air:-

• Kolhapur Airport is situated around 60 kilometers from Palus
• Kirloskarvadi airstrip which is eligible for helicopters, small planes and jets.

By Rail :-

• Kirloskarvadi Station (Palus) is the nearest railway station to Palus. This is located in The Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways.
• Bhilawadi (Palus) railway station.
• Amnapur (Palus) railway station
• Nearest railway junction miraj 44 km