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{{Short description|Taluka in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2012}}
[[File:Devgad Alphonso Mango Original Pic by Devgad Taluka Mango Growers Co-op Society.jpg|thumb|Alphonso mango]]
[[File:Bastions of vijaydurg.jpg|thumb|250px|Bastions of Vijaydurg fort]][[File:Alphonso mango.jpg|thumb|right|[[Alphonso (mango)|Alphonso mangoes]] (''Hapoos''), grown mainly in Maharashtra's [[Sindhudurg]], [[Devgad]], and [[Ratnagiri]] districts, are popular in the United States.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/travel/10mumbailetter.html?ei=5087&en=fa4b9b80768c5253&ex=1147665600&pagewanted=all Allen J. Mango mania in Portland, Oregon, New York Times, May 10, 2006]</ref>|alt=Photo of ten large mangoes]]

'''Devgad''' is a [[taluka]] in [[Sindhudurg district]] of [[Maharashtra]], India consisting of 98 villages.<ref>[http://vlist.in/sub-district/04275.html India Village Directory]</ref> It is located on the [[Arabian Sea]] in the coastal [[Konkan]] region of Maharashtra, south of [[Mumbai]]. Devgad is known globally for its exports of locally grown [[Alphonso (mango)|Alphonso mango]]es.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/RATNAGIRI/places_Devgad.html |title=Places of interest: Devgad |date= |website=Gazetteers |publisher=[[Ministry of Tourism (Maharashtra)|Department of Tourism and Culture]]}}</ref>

Devgad is a natural harbour which only small vessels can enter the harbour.<ref name="lighthouse">{{cite web |title=DEVGAD LIGHTHOUSE |url=http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/CMS/DEVGAD%20LIGHTHOUSE.pdf |website=ww.dgll.nic.in |accessdate=26 December 2019}}</ref>

==History==
It is noted for its harbour, its beach, and a [[lighthouse]] built in 1915 at the [[Devgad fort]]. Raja [[Bhoja II (Shilahara dynasty)|Bhoja II]] built [[Vijaydurg Fort|Fort Vijaydurg (Gheria)]], ruled later by [[Adil Shah]] and eventually by [[Shivaji]].{{cn|date=December 2023}}

==Transportation==
The nearest railway station is [[Kankavli]] on [[Konkan Railway]] on [[Mumbai]]-[[Goa]] road.

There is a wall under the sea at shores of the Vijaydurg built such that an enemy's ships, trying to attack, would crash and sink.

==Trade==
Devgad is also widely known for its pure Alphonso mango cultivation/farming and the whole development has evolved due to undertaking of the cultivation of Alphonso mango farming.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vagaries of nature, rising input costs to kill the famed Alphonso mango crop|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-18/news/31361662_1_alphonso-ajit-gogate-devgad-taluka|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726144718/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-18/news/31361662_1_alphonso-ajit-gogate-devgad-taluka|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 July 2014|accessdate=18 April 2012 | work=The Times Of India|date=18 April 2012}}</ref> Mangoes grown here are characterized by their distinct aroma, smooth exterior, thin skin and thick saffron pulp. The variety is different from the Alphonso mangoes grown in the [[Ratnagiri district]]. Such is the popularity of the Devgad Alphonso mango that vendors often pass off other similar looking mangoes under the name of Devgad Alphonso.
Devgad Alphonso mango is grown on an area of 45,000 acres and reaches a production of about 50,000 tons in a year of decent production. Devgad is also home to the oldest and biggest co-operative society of mango farmers in India, called the Devgad Taluka Amba Utpadak Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://devgadmango.com/about-us/|title=About Devgad Taluka|website=Devgad Mango|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref> or Devgad Taluka Mango Growers Society Ltd with over 700 alphonso growers and 25-year-old in 2013.

Fishing is carried out on a large scale in the sea as well as in the creeks throughout the taluka region. The staple diet of this region is rice and fish.

The first windmill project in Maharashtra was installed at [[Girye]]. {{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

==Climate==
{{Weather box
| location = Devgad taluka (1981–2010, extremes 1944–2006)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan record high C = 36.4
| Feb record high C = 36.9
| Mar record high C = 39.2
| Apr record high C = 37.2
| May record high C = 38.0
| Jun record high C = 37.2
| Jul record high C = 32.4
| Aug record high C = 33.0
| Sep record high C = 32.9
| Oct record high C = 36.6
| Nov record high C = 36.3
| Dec record high C = 35.2
| year record high C = 39.2
| Jan high C = 30.8
| Feb high C = 30.8
| Mar high C = 31.4
| Apr high C = 32.2
| May high C = 33.4
| Jun high C = 31.0
| Jul high C = 29.2
| Aug high C = 28.7
| Sep high C = 29.4
| Oct high C = 31.3
| Nov high C = 32.6
| Dec high C = 31.7
| year high C = 31.0
| Jan low C = 19.6
| Feb low C = 20.2
| Mar low C = 22.5
| Apr low C = 24.5
| May low C = 26.2
| Jun low C = 24.4
| Jul low C = 23.8
| Aug low C = 23.4
| Sep low C = 23.0
| Oct low C = 23.3
| Nov low C = 21.8
| Dec low C = 20.5
| year low C = 22.8
| Jan record low C = 15.4
| Feb record low C = 16.2
| Mar record low C = 18.4
| Apr record low C = 19.7
| May record low C = 19.4
| Jun record low C = 17.8
| Jul record low C = 18.0
| Aug record low C = 17.3
| Sep record low C = 17.3
| Oct record low C = 15.5
| Nov record low C = 14.1
| Dec record low C = 14.5
| year record low C = 14.1
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 0.0
| Feb rain mm = 0.0
| Mar rain mm = 0.0
| Apr rain mm = 2.6
| May rain mm = 76.9
| Jun rain mm = 791.9
| Jul rain mm = 786.4
| Aug rain mm = 547.5
| Sep rain mm = 270.0
| Oct rain mm = 70.1
| Nov rain mm = 13.7
| Dec rain mm = 0.2
| year rain mm = 2559.3
| Jan rain days = 0.0
| Feb rain days = 0.0
| Mar rain days = 0.0
| Apr rain days = 0.3
| May rain days = 2.5
| Jun rain days = 17.9
| Jul rain days = 23.1
| Aug rain days = 23.9
| Sep rain days = 13.3
| Oct rain days = 4.1
| Nov rain days = 1.2
| Dec rain days = 0.1
| year rain days = 86.3
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 61
| Feb humidity = 63
| Mar humidity = 68
| Apr humidity = 68
| May humidity = 70
| Jun humidity = 81
| Jul humidity = 86
| Aug humidity = 87
| Sep humidity = 83
| Oct humidity = 77
| Nov humidity = 67
| Dec humidity = 60
|year humidity = 73
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archivedate = 5 February 2020
| url = http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Devgad (Devgarh) Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 237–238
| accessdate = 5 April 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archivedate = 5 February 2020
| url = http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M142
| accessdate = 5 April 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Places to visit==
Devgad is slowly becoming a tourist hot spot for tourists who want to avoid Goa beaches. This is perfect for family outing in a peaceful and calm backdrop.
* '''Kunkeshwar shiva temple'''- There is a temple of [[Hindu]] [[deity]] [[Shiva]] which was built in 11th century situated in [[Kunkeshwar]] town, 16 Km from main city of Devgad. It is very famous for its Divinity and religious values across Maharashtra and people gather from across Maharashtra on the occasion of [[Maha Shivaratri|Mahashivratri]].
* '''Shri Dev Rameshwar Temple'''- This is a 16th-century temple called as [[Shri Dev Rameshwar Temple]], dedicated to lord shiva located at [[Rameshwar Wadi|Rameshwar]].
* '''Bhagwati Devi temple'''- There is a temple dedicated to the goddess Devi Bhagwati at the village of Munge.
* '''Vishweswarayya and Swami Kartikaswamy temple'''- There are temples to God Vishweswarayya and Swami Kartikaswamy at Hindale village.
*'''Dirba Devi temple'''- A small village known as Jamsande is situated near to Devgad. The famous Dirba Devi goddess temple is located in jamsande. It is approximately 4 km from the Devgad bus stand. There is a small fair during ''Tripuri pourninam''<ref name="indiatourmate">{{cite web |title=DEVGAD TOURISM GUIDE |url=http://www.indiatourmate.com/devgad-tourist-places-tourism-guide.html |website=www.indiatourmate.com |publisher=indiatourmate |accessdate=26 December 2019}}</ref>
*'''Devgad Lighthouse'''-The western coastline is highly sensitive, hence recently, Government of India installed static radar and electro-optic sensors at Devgad Lighthouse as a part of India's first coastal surveillance network. Devgad is one out of 46 locations chosen for the network and envisages real-time surveillance cover up to 25 nautical miles.
* '''Devgad Fort'''- This is situated 3 km from bus stand, on the east of the town. The Ganesh mandir and tree old cannons are worth visiting. This fort is situated on a small hillock close to the sea. Panoramic view of sea and the sunset view is best seen from the fort.<ref name="indiatourmate" />
* '''Devgad Beach'''- It is about 2 km from the Devgad bus stand.

==Demography==
The following is a list of villages and their populations according to 2011 Census data:<ref name="Census Book">{{cite book |last1=Directorate of Census Operations Maharashtra |title=District Census Book Sindhudurg |date=2014 |publisher=Government of India |page=95 |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/27/2733_PART_A_DCHB_SINDHUDURG.pdf |accessdate=27 December 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Sr.
no
!Village
!Administrative division
!Population
|-
|1
|Aadbandar
|Devgad
|292
|-
|2
|Are
|Devgad
|1,335
|-
|3
|Bagamala
|Devgad
|303
|-
|4
|Bagatalavade
|Devgad
|136
|-
|5
|Bandegaon
|Devgad
|222
|-
|6
|Baparde
|Devgad
|1,304
|-
|7
|Burabavade
|Devgad
|603
|-
|8
|Chafed
|Devgad
|629
|-
|9
|Chandoshi
|Devgad
|697
|-
|10
|Chinchwad
|Devgad
|280
|-
|11
|Dabhole
|Devgad
|2,356
|-
|12
|Dahibaon
|Devgad
|1,517
|-
|13
|Devgad
|Devgad
|2,417
|-
|14
|Dhalavali
|Devgad
|1,230
|-
|15
|Dhoptewadi
|Devgad
|796
|-
|16
|Elaye
|Devgad
|1,697
|-
|17
|Gadhitamhane
|Devgad
|648
|-
|18
|Gavane
|Devgad
|693
|-
|19
|Girye
|Devgad
|2,457
|-
|20
|Goval
|Devgad
|1,039
|-
|21
|Hadpid
|Devgad
|522
|-
|22
|Hindale
|Devgad
|1,714
|-
|23
|Hurshi
|Devgad
|1,206
|-
|24
|Jamsande
|Devgad
|14,487
|-
|25
|Juveshwar
|Devgad
|1,057
|-
|26
|Kalambai
|Devgad
|1,066
|-
|27
|Kalvi
|Devgad
|604
|-
|28
|Kasaba Waghotan
|Devgad
|313
|-
|29
|Katvan
|Devgad
|794
|-
|30
|Katwaneshwar
|Devgad
|829
|-
|31
|Khudi
|Devgad
|1,527
|-
|32
|Kinjawade
|Devgad
|2,491
|-
|33
|Korle
|Devgad
|681
|-
|34
|Kotkamte
|Devgad
|1,808
|-
|35
|Kunkawan
|Devgad
|896
|-
|36
|Kunkeshwar
|Devgad
|1,829
|-
|37
|Kuvale
|Devgad
|1,255
|-
|38
|Lingdal
|Devgad
|491
|-
|39
|Mahalunge
|Devgad
|1,054
|-
|40
|Malegaon
|Devgad
|1,025
|-
|41
|Malpewadi
|Devgad
|632
|-
|42
|Manche
|Devgad
|2,261
|-
|43
|Mithbaon
|Devgad
|2,241
|-
|44
|Mithmumbari
|Devgad
|920
|-
|45
|Mohulgaon
|Devgad
|715
|-
|46
|Mond
|Devgad
|1,564
|-
|47
|Mondpar
|Devgad
|907
|-
|48
|Morve
|Devgad
|408
|-
|49
|Mouje Waghotan
|Devgad
|1,380
|-
|50
|Munage
|Devgad
|1,883
|-
|51
|Mutat
|Devgad
|1,933
|-
|52
|Nad
|Devgad
|990
|-
|53
|Nadan
|Devgad
|2,105
|-
|54
|Naringre
|Devgad
|1,516
|-
|55
|Nimatwadi
|Devgad
|629
|-
|56
|Ombal
|Devgad
|527
|-
|57
|Padel
|Devgad
|3,673
|-
|58
|Padthar
|Devgad
|1,074
|-
|59
|Padvane
|Devgad
|660
|-
|60
|Palekarwadi
|Devgad
|1,210
|-
|61
|Patgaon
|Devgad
|942
|-
|62
|Pavnai
|Devgad
|732
|-
|63
|Pendhari
|Devgad
|1,053
|-
|64
|Phanase
|Devgad
|738
|-
|65
|Phanasgaon
|Devgad
|1,328
|-
|66
|Pombhurle
|Devgad
|1,910
|-
|67
|Poyare
|Devgad
|943
|-
|68
|Pural
|Devgad
|1,203
|-
|69
|Rahateshwar
|Devgad
|628
|-
|70
|Rameshwar
|Devgad
|2,099
|-
|71
|Rembavali
|Devgad
|259
|-
|72
|Salashi
|Devgad
|1,164
|-
|73
|Sandve
|Devgad
|473
|-
|74
|Saundale
|Devgad
|1,939
|-
|75
|Sherighera Kamte
|Devgad
|4
|-
|76
|Shevare
|Devgad
|368
|-
|77
|Shiravali
|Devgad
|478
|-
|78
|Shirgaon
|Devgad
|2,555
|-
|79
|Somlewadi
|Devgad
|602
|-
|80
|Talavade
|Devgad
|1,163
|-
|81
|Talebajar
|Devgad
|689
|-
|82
|Tambaldeg
|Devgad
|731
|-
|83
|Tembavali
|Devgad
|829
|-
|84
|Thakurwadi
|Devgad
|1,033
|-
|85
|Tirlot
|Devgad
|2,307
|-
|86
|Torsole
|Devgad
|1,172
|-
|87
|Undil
|Devgad
|623
|-
|88
|Valivande
|Devgad
|962
|-
|89
|Vijaydurg
|Devgad
|1,735
|-
|90
|Virwadi
|Devgad
|391
|-
|91
|Vitthaladevi
|Devgad
|668
|-
|92
|Wadaker Poi
|Devgad
|178
|-
|93
|Wade
|Devgad
|1,728
|-
|94
|Wadetar
|Devgad
|293
|-
|95
|Waghivare
|Devgad
|381
|-
|96
|Wanivade
|Devgad
|811
|-
|97
|Wareri
|Devgad
|1,869
|-
|98
|Welgave
|Devgad
|400
|}

==References==
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