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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Bankot<br />
| other_name = Bawan-kot<br />
| nickname = BKT<br />
| settlement_type = village<br />
| image_skyline = Bankot Fort.jpg<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = [[Bankot fort]]<br />
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|17|59|0|N|73|3|0|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ratnagiri district|Ratnagiri]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| founder = <br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
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| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 46<br />
| population_total = <br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = <br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 02350<br />
| registration_plate = MH-08<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = Mahad, Mandangad, Shrivardhan<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = MlF [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = Literacy<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = 100%%<br />
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]<br />
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|cool]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small><br />
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'''Bankot''' is a town in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. It became part of the [[Bombay Presidency]] in 1756.<br />
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Its most famous structure is Bankot Fort, which was the first residency of the [[British Raj]] in Southern [[Konkan]].<br />
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==Business==<br />
[[Mango]] is one of the most important crops of this village, and mango trees occupy about 60 per-cent of the land used to cultivate fruit. Hill-slopes near the coast where drainage is assured and climatic conditions are ideal, present the most suitable site for mango cultivation. [[Cashew|Cashew nut]] stands next in importance to mango and occupies nearly one-third of the area used to cultivate fruit. [[Banana]] and [[coconut]] are grown on a smaller scale.<br />
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[[Sand dredging]] and [[mining]] have been major businesses since the 20th century.<br />
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==Schools==<br />
1.German Parkar High School (Urdu)<br />
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2.Dr. A. R. Undre High School (English)<br />
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3.Undre college of commerce (English)<br />
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There are two kindergartens (Bal-wadi) for local kids (Urdu medium and Marathi medium. Literacy in Bankot is almost 99%<br />
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==Climate==<br />
The temperatures range from a minimum of 20&nbsp;°C and can go up to around the 34&nbsp;°C mark. Heavy rain and thunderstorms can be expected in monsoon season.<br />
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==Nearest railway station==<br />
Karanjadi - 59&nbsp;km. Veer - 67&nbsp;km. [[Mangaon]] - 87&nbsp;km. Khed- 70&nbsp;km<br />
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==Nearest airports==<br />
Lohagaon, [[Pune]] - 203&nbsp;km. [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport]], [[Mumbai]] - 180&nbsp;km. [[Kolhapur]] - 240&nbsp;km. [[Ratnagiri]] - 150&nbsp;km.<ref>{{cite book|title=Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Sholapur Gazetteer of India Volume 21 of Maharashtra State Gazetteers|year=1962|publisher=Directorate of Govt. Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State, 1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJdhAAAAIAAJ&q=bankot+fort}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090410102649/http://ratnagiri.nic.in/Gazetter/GOM/places_Bankot.html From Maharashtra Gazetteers Department]<br />
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Bankot.html Map and weather]<br />
* http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Cable-stayed-bridge-to-connect-Raigad-and-Ratnagiri/articleshow/20456541.cms<br />
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