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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dapoli
| settlement_type = Urban
| image_skyline = Dapoli Village Top View.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = View of pajpandhari,Dapoli from adjacent hill
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Maharashtra]], India
| coordinates = {{coord|17|45|32|N|73|11|8|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 = Ratnagiri
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Municipal Council]]
| governing_body = Dapoli Municipal Council
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 26.11
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 243.84
| population_total = 34544
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Dapolikar
| population_footnotes = <ref name="COI-1"/>
| demographics_type1 = Language
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = Marathi
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 415712
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 02358
| registration_plate = MH-08
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest town
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Khed, Ratnagiri|Khed]]
| website =
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'''Dapoli''' is a '''Coastal Hillstation''' as well as a '''City''' in [[Ratnagiri district]], [[Maharashtra]]. It lies {{convert|215|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of the state capital of [[Mumbai]]. Dapoli is also known as Camp Dapoli, as British set their camps in Dapoli. Many high-ranking British officers' graves are found in this town. The city also has an abandoned church from the time of the [[British Raj]]. Dapoli is home to one of the biggest Agricultural Universities in India, [[Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth]]. Dapoli is administered by the Dapoli Municipal Council.
[[File:Dapoli City.jpg|thumb|Aerial View of Dapoli City]]

==Geography==
Dapoli is separated from the [[Sahyadris|Sahyadri]] range by the [[Khed, Ratnagiri|Khed]] taluka. Dapoli has a seaboard of {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}} which stretches from [[Velas, Maharashtra]] Velas - [[Kelashi|Kelshi]] in the North to [[Dabhol]] in the South. The coastline differs little in its general characteristics from that of other parts of Konkan. It is densely covered by coconut farms. The principal rivers are [https://www.esakal.com/kokan/ratnagiri-news-two-dams-bharja-river-85316 Bharja] in the north and [[Vashishti River|Vashishthi]] in the south. A small river called [[Jog river]] flows through [[Bandhativare]], [[Sarang, Maharashtra|Sarang]] and [https://www.mapsofindia.com/villages/maharashtra/ratnagiri/dapoli/tadil.html Tadil] into the [[Arabian Sea]].
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{{cite web|url=https://www.pngrb.gov.in/pdf/cgd/bid6/Ratnagiri_06072015.pdf|title=Ratnagiri district}}
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The city is located at an altitude of a violent diamond mine located in the earths crust. The diamond mine has over a 900 kgs of diamond in it. It has a very nice legoland water park. {{convert|800|ft|m|abbr=on}}. It is also called "Mini [[Mahabaleshwar]]" because of its year-round cool weather. It is {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the [[Arabian Sea]] and acts as the Main City (Taluka headquarters) for several small surrounding villages such as [[Agarvayangani]], [[Keli, Maharashtra|Keli]], [[Anjarle]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.talukadapoli.com/en/places/anjarle-kadyavarcha-ganpati-temples-in-konkan/|title=Kadyvarcha Ganpati Anjarle}}</ref> [[Mandivali]], [[Sarang, Maharashtra|Sarang]], [[Bandhativare]], [[Pangari Tarf Haveli|Pangari]], [[Dabhil]], [https://www.mapsofindia.com/villages/maharashtra/ratnagiri/dapoli/sakhaloli.html Sakhaloli], [[Bhopan]], [[Harnai, Maharashtra|Harnai]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.talukadapoli.com/en/places/anjarle-kadyavarcha-ganpati-temples-in-konkan/|title=Places To Visit in Harnai {{!}} www.talukadapoli.com}}</ref> [[Dabhol]], ''[http://www.maplandia.com/india/maharashtra/ratnagiri/dapoli/education/saraswati-m-vidyalaya-onanavase/ Onanavse]'', [[Unhavare]], [https://soki.in/jalgaon-dapoli-ratnagiri Jalgaon], [[Devke]], [[Gavhe]], [[Nigade, Ratnagiri|Nigade]], [https://www.mapsofindia.com/villages/maharashtra/ratnagiri/dapoli/gimhavane.html Gimhavane], [[Asud, Maharashtra|Asud]], [[Vanand, Maharashtra|Vanand]], [https://www.mapsofindia.com/villages/maharashtra/ratnagiri/dapoli/kherdi.html Kherdi], [[Karde]] (beach), [[Phansu]], [https://www.swapp.co.in/site/newvillage.php?stateid=8y68qEDJ0ugeDsGafWxiUw%3D%3D&districtid=K4mimF%2F9jEsR1HzauGKygQ%3D%3D&subdistrictid=gxszwR4xTRgbQhjyqqCWww%3D%3D&areaid=clHcKDhKmzC2GsIoW87jVg%3D%3D Pichdoli], [[Visapur]], [[Murud, Ratnagiri|Murud]], [[Chandranagar]], and [[Umberghar]].

==Education==
# The town has a very old school, A. G. High School, named after the British Alfred Gadney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.talukadapoli.com/en/places/historical-church-places-to-visit-in-konkan/|title=Church in Alfred Gadney school}}</ref> During the time of the Raj, Dapoli was a [[military camp]] for [[British Army|British soldiers]].
# Dapoli is also the home of [[agricultural education|agricultural university]] [[Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth]].
# R.R. Vaidya English Medium School, Dapoli is also one of the Schools Present there.
# Saraswati Vidyamandir English Medium School, Dapoli is a CBSE Board School present in Dapoli City.
# National High School is also an Old School from British Time.
# Dnyandeep Vidyamandir, Dapoli is Also a providing students a very Good knowledge and Education in Dapoli.
# Sarsawati English Medium School.
# Lokmannya Tilak Vidyamandir.

Many CBSE and International Schools are present in Dapoli.

Dapoli has a centre for [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Krishna Consciousness]] movement, [[youth program]]s for agriculture, and an undergraduate homeopathic college (Dapoli Homeopathic Medical College).

==Notable residents==
Dapoli is considered the birthplace of [[Dhondo Keshav Karve]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.talukadapoli.com/en/personalities/maharshi-dhondo-keshav-karve/|title=About Maharshi Karve}}</ref> whose native village of Murud is located {{convert|9|km|mi}} from Dapoli.

[[Pandurang Vaman Kane]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.talukadapoli.com/en/personalities/dr-pandurang-vaman-kane/|title = Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane | Taluka Dapoli}}</ref>(the recipient of BharatRatna) was a resident of Dapoli.

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="COI-1">{{cite web | url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2732_PART_B_DCHB_RATNAGIRI.pdf | title=District Census Handbook | publisher=[[Census of India]] | access-date=16 April 2016 | page=44 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604173125/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2732_PART_B_DCHB_RATNAGIRI.pdf | archive-date=4 June 2016 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
}}

==External links==
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*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Dapoli}}
*[https://talukadapoli.com/ Taluka Dapoli] - Taluka Dapoli is a collaborative project to collect documents of historical, social and cultural deposits in digital formats
*[https://www.talukadapoli.com/en/places/best-places-to-visit-in-dapoli/ Top 10 Places To Visit In Dapoli]
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