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Jaysingpur

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Also known as Jaisinghpur

Jaysingpur is a city and municipal council in the Kolhapur district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city derives its name from Raja Jaysing, the father of Shrimant Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur, who planned and developed the architecture of the city. Shahu Maharaj laid out Jaysingpur as one of the few "chess board cities" in Maharashtra where roads meet at 90-degree angles. Jaysingpur is rapidly developing as a major satellite suburb of Sangli city. The city holds a strategic location between Sangli, Kolhapur, Miraj and Ichalkaranji.

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Place details

Locality
Jaysingpur
Region
Maharashtra
Country
India
Population
48,510
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Jaysingpur
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
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India Maharashtra
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Maharashtra, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
India
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Maharashtra
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kolhapur
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
1916
Settlement.founder
Shahu of Kolhapur
Settlement.government_type
Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_rank
.
Settlement.population_total
near about 70000
Settlement.population_density_km2
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Jaysingpur is a city and municipal council in the Kolhapur district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city derives its name from Raja Jaysing, the father of Shrimant Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur, who planned and developed the architecture of the city. Shahu Maharaj laid out Jaysingpur as one of the few "chess board cities" in Maharashtra where roads meet at 90-degree angles. Jaysingpur is rapidly developing as a major satellite suburb of Sangli city. The city holds a strategic location between Sangli, Kolhapur, Miraj and Ichalkaranji.

The city was founded in 1916 and celebrated its centenary(Shatabdi Varsha) in September 2016. The city has one of the largest tobacco markets in the country, and processes tobacco and for the surrounding region.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jaysingpur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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