Khatav

Khatav Taluka
Taluka
Khatav Taluka Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 17.6545°N 74.3614°E / 17.6545; 74.3614
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Satara
Elevation Marathi	777 m (2,549 ft)
Population
• Total	275,187
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Khatav is a town and taluka (administrative division) located in the Phaltan subdivision of the Satara district, India. Khatav has a population of about 10,000.

Geography

Khatav is situated to the south of the Satara district. Vaduj is the capital of the taluka, which is located 13 km south of Khatav. Khatav is surrounded by the Man, Karad, Phaltan and Koregaon talukas and Sangli district boundary. The taluka receives less rainfall than most and is categorised as a drought affected region.

History

Khatav is an ancient place in satara district, Situated at the spiritual edge of Yerala river. Khatav was prosperous town and market place in past. Khatav had a military base at the time of shivaji maharaj. Sarnobat Prataprao Gujar was native in bhosare village which village is adjacent to Khatav. Khatav have some of old damaged places still exist it need to preserve. In Khatav there are historical fortress still intact the past glory of town but now damaged. There are 3 to 4 ancient temples in Khatav town. Prime minister Narendra Modi's one of the most famous mentor named Lakshman Rao Madhav Rao Inamdar was native in Khatav. There are two parts of Khatav nowadays one is taluka territory name and another is main Khatav town name. Khatav division taluka capital is vaduj.

Towns in the taluka

Vaduj is the main town of Khatav Taluka. Most government offices like Telecom(BSNL), State Bank of India (SBI), PWD, district court are located in Vaduj.This town has a population of around 17,000. Mayani is a well developed town in Khatav Taluka. All the facilities like education, hospitals, banking, market are present in this town.

Other towns in Khatav taluka are :-

• • Mayani (Population above 12,000),
  • Pusegaon (Population above 10,000) •••and
  • Khatav (Population above 9000)•••

Major villages :-

• Aundh (Satara)
  • Kaledhon
  • Pusesavali
  • Siddheshwar Kuroli
• Mhasurne
  • Nimsod
  • Khatav
  • Diskal
  • Budh
  • Lalgun
  • Nidhal