Koregaon

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Koregaon
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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| coordinates = {{coord|17.698|N|74.163|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Satara district|Satara]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluka]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Koregaon Taluka|Koregaon]]
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| leader_title1 = [[Member of parliament|MP]]
| leader_name1 = [[Udayanraje Bhosale]]<ref name=" Sixteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile">{{cite web|title= Sixteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile|url= http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/briefbioprofiles.aspx?mpsno=4389|access-date= 25 April 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140728195507/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/briefbioprofiles.aspx?mpsno=4389|archive-date= 28 July 2014|url-status= dead}}</ref>
| leader_title2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name2 = [[Mahesh Shinde]] ([Shivsena])
| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 36680
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 415501
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = (+91)2163
| registration_plate = MH 11 (Satara)
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Satara (city)|Satara]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 =[[Satara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Satara]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Koregaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Koregaon]]
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| blank4_name_sec2 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| blank4_info_sec2 = 88.55%
| blank5_name_sec2 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank5_info_sec2 = 969 [[female|♀]]/1000 [[male|♂]] (2011)
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/563744-koregaon-maharashtra.html|title = Koregaon Census Town City Population Census 2011-2021 | Maharashtra}}</ref>}}

'''Koregaon''' is a [[census town]]<ref name="Census-2011-Koregaon">{{Cite web|title=NPR Report: Maharashtra: Satara: Koregaon|year=2011|publisher=National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/NprStateReport.aspx?stcd=27&distcd=31&tslcode=007}}</ref> and headquarters for the surrounding [[Koregaon Taluka]] in the [[Satara district#Divisions|Satara subdivision]] of [[Satara district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Maharashtra]]. It is situated on the [[Satara (city)|Satara]]-[[Pandarpur]] road about 18 km east of Satara city, about 120 km from [[Pune]] and 267 km from [[Mumbai]]. The Koregaon railway station, situated on the Pune - Miraj line, is 2 kilometers outside the town. At a stone's throw from the railway station is Koregaon Bus Station.

Dr. [[B.R. Ambedkar|B.R.Ambedkar]] writes about his childhood experience of travelling from [[Satara (city)|Satara]] to Koregaon, and the discrimination they suffered, in his autobiographical book, [[Waiting for a Visa]] (chapter 1).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ambedkar|first1=Dr. Bhimrao|title=Waiting for a Visa|date=1991|publisher=Dept. of education, Government of Maharashtra|location=Mumbai|pages=4071–4090|url=https://drambedkarbooks.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/selected-work-of-dr-b-r-ambedkar.pdf|access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref>

==Demographics==
In the 2011 India census, the town of Koregaon had a population of 26 987 individuals.<ref name="Census-2011-Koregaon" />

== Kedareshwar Mandir ==

In Koregaon there is a temple to [[Shiva]], named Kedareshwar Mandir in [[Marathi language|Marathi]]. This place is large, and well known in all neighboring areas of Koregaon.

==Education==
*Saraswati English Medium School and Jr. College, Koregaon.
*The Modern English School and Jr. College, Koregaon.
*Saraswati Vidyalaya, K.V. Bhandari Primary School Koregaon.
*Challenge Academy, Koregaon.
*Kanya. Madhyamik Vidhylaya, Koregaon.
*D.P. Bhosale College Koregaon.
*Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Koregaon.
*Shri Mudhaidevi Shikshan Sanstha's Shri Mudhaidevi Vidyamandir, Deur.
*Marutrao Krushnaji Mane Junior College, Deur.
*Prof.vSambhajirao Kadam College, Deur.
*Shri. Wangdev Vidyalaya &, Jr. College, Wathar Station.
*Yashwantrao Chavan Vidyalaya, Pimpode Bk.
*Bharat Vidya Mandir & Jr College Wagholi.
*Kala Mahavidyalaya Wagholi, Vidyanagar (Graduation in Arts, Commerce)

== Business and industry ==
The main attraction is the Koregaon (Mini) Industrial Area developed on the Koregaon-[[Rahimatpur]] Road. One of the main industries is the production of beans (called 'Wagha Ghevada' in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and 'Rajma' in [[Hindi language]]).

== Rivers ==
There are two rivers in Koregaon; one flows within the town and other is outside. The first river's name is Tilaganga and other one's name is Vasana.

==Politics==
{{Main|Koregaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)}}

==See also==
*[[Kinhai]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
Satara District Gazette:
*http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/SATARA/agri_holdings.html
*http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/SATARA/places_Koregaon.html
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Koregaon
|North = Lonand
|Northeast =[[Phaltan]]
|East = [[Khatav]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Karad]]
|Southwest =[[Patan, Maharashtra|Patan]]
|West = [[Satara (city)|Satara]]
|Northwest = [[Wai, Maharashtra|Wai]]
}}

{{Satara district topics}}
{{Maharashtra}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Satara district]]
[[Category:Talukas in Maharashtra]]

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