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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kalwan
| other_name = Kalwan
| nickname =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| coordinates = {{coord|20|29|25|N|74|01|35|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 = Nashik
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = Municipal Council
| governing_body = Kalwan Municipal Council
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 859.71
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 346000
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Kalwankar
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Language
| 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 = 423501
| registration_plate = MH 41
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Satana (India)|Satana]], [[Deola]], [[Nashik]]
| website =
| footnotes =
| official_name =
}}

'''Kalwan''' is a [[tahsil|tehsil]] in Kalwan subdivision of [[Nashik District]] in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Kalwan is situated 80 km from [[Nashik]] and 251 km from the state capital [[Mumbai]]. [[Saptashrungi]] Gad, a religious shrine of Goddess Saptashrungi, is situated in Kalwan taluka. Saptashrungi Gad is located 22 km from Kalwan city. [[Dhodap]] hill fort, which is a popular mountain climbing destination and 3rd highest peak in [[Maharashtra]], is situated 8 km from Kalwan city. [[Abhona]] is the largest town in Kalwan tehsil after Kalwan city.<ref>[http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/taluka_kalvan.htm "Block Profile of Kalvan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410074141/http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/taluka_kalvan.htm |date=10 April 2009 }} Official WebSite of Nashik District</ref> Kalwan is situated in the delta of Behadi and Girana river. Black soil and ample water are available for cultivation of cash crops. This significantly contributes to the GDP of Kalwan tehsil.

== History ==
Kalwan is identified with the '''Kallāvana''' mentioned in inscriptions dated to 597 and between 709-711.<ref name="Habib 1999">{{cite journal |last1=Habib |first1=Irfan |last2=Habib |first2=Faiz |author1-link=Irfan Habib |title=India in the Seventh Century - A Survey of Political Geography |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=1999 |volume=60 |pages=89–128 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44144078 |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref>{{rp|104}} The people of Kallāvana, as the ''Kolavānah''s, were mentioned as people of the [[Aparanta|Aparānta]].<ref name="Gupta 1973">{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Parmanand |title=Geography in Ancient Indian Inscriptions |date=1973 |publisher=D. K. Publishing House |location=Delhi |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111857 |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>{{rp|166}}

==Notes==
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[[Category:Talukas in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Nashik district]]

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Kalwan taluka - Revision history

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