Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Maharashtra
- Division
- Pune Division
- Headquarters
- Solapur
- Tehsils
- 1. Akkalkot , 2. Barshi , 3. Karmala , 4. Madha , 5. Malashiras , 6. Mangalwedha , 7. Mohol , 8. Pandharpur , 9. Sangola , 10. North Solapur and 11. South Solapur
- Body
- Solapur Zilla Parishad
- Guardian minister
- Jaykumar Gore , ( Cabinet Minister )
- District magistrate collector
- Karthikeyan S.
- Mps
- Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde ( Solapur ) , Dhairyasheel Patil ( Madha ) , Omprakash Rajenimbalkar ( Dharashiv )
- Total
- 14,895 km (5,751 sq mi)
- Density
- 289.88/km (750.78/sq mi)
- Urban
- 31.83%
- Literacy
- 71.2%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- MH13 Solapur MH45 Akluj (Solapur Rural)
- Website
- http://solapur.gov.in/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Pune division
- Capital
- Solapur
- Population
- 4317756
- Area
- 14845
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Kalaburgi district
- Official website
- solapur.nic.in
- Households
- 873167
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- Category:Solapur district
- Commons category
- Solapur district
- male population
- 2227852
- female population
- 2089904
- urban population
- 1399091
- rural population
- 2918665
- literate population
- 2910676
- illiterate population
- 1407080
- short name
- SOL
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Encyclopedic overview
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Solapur district (Marathi pronunciation: [solaːpuːɾ]) is a district in Maharashtra state of India. The city of Solapur is the district headquarters. It is located on the south east edge of the state and lies entirely in the Bhima and Seena basins. The entire district is drained by the Bhima River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Solapur district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.