Palus, Maharashtra

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Palus
city
Nickname:  Palus
Palus Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 17°05′N 74°28′E / 17.083°N 74.467°E / 17.083; 74.467
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Body	Palus Municipal Council
Area
• Total	297 km2 (115 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	164,909
• Density	560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Demonym	Paluskar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH
Vehicle registration	MH-10
Nearest Cities	Sangli, Tasgaon, Kolhapur, Karad, uran islampur
Lok Sabha constituency	Sangli
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Palus Kadegaon
Website	http://www.click2palus.com

Palus is a city and municipal council in sangli district.

In Palus, Grapes production is also done on a very large scale and grapes of Palus are widely known. The grapes here are also sold abroad.

Grapes are grown here using new technologies and different methods.

Palus taluka had a population of 164,909, entirely in rural areas. The sex ratio is 933 females per 1000 males and the literacy rate is 86.11%. 16,700 were under 6 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 11.15% and 0.71% of the population respectively.^[3]

At the time of the 2011 census, 94.27% of the population spoke Marathi and 2.93% Hindi as their first language.^[4]

The industrial zone of Palus produces various parts in foundry, full finished machining on it as per requirement . It is home to the Krishna Valley Wine Park, Krishna-verala spinningmills and a marketplace with hardware and construction shops.

India's second oldest industrial township kirloskarvadi is located in palus taluka.

Kirloskar Brothers is located about 4 kilometers from Palus. Corporations are located in Kirloskarvadi include Kirloskar Ebara Pumps limited (KEPL), Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) and other steelwork firms.

• Palus mini MIDC, palus
• Sandgewadi (Palus) MIDC, palus
• Sawantpur Vasahat
• Famous Milk dairies in large scales
• Valves and water pumps manufacturers, machine shops, foundries, cnc machine shops.
• Grapes farming in large scale
• Tiles and hardware markets are also in large scale
• Hindustan petroleum corporation limited (HPCL) Gas bottling plant and gas and petrol supply unit, Hajarwadi (Bhilawadi railway station)

• Laxmanrao Kirloskar School & Junior College.
• Bharti vidyapeeth college of engineering.
• Bachpan play school
• Pandit Vishnu digambar school and college
• Arts, Commerce and Science College Palus
• Industrial training institute palus
• Shri Samarth English medium school
• Jawaharlal navodaya vidyalaya palus (JNV) PALUS.
• Takshila School

And Many more schools, colleges, academies are situated in palus & surrounding area.

Attractions in the Palus area include the

• Samarth dhondiraj maharaj temple
• Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
• Grapes farm
• Famous Milk dairies in large scale situated here you can be visit.
• Shreekshetra audumbar
• Krishna ghat, Bhilawadi
• Kundal forest academy by GOV OF MAHARASHTRA
• Hanuman temple, pundi
• Palus market
• the fair of palus is also very famous .

Hindustani classical vocalist Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (1872-1931) was born there.

• Dhondiraj Maharaj Math/Mandir
• H. Daval Malik (Baba) Dargah
• Old Vitthal Temple
• New Vitthal Temple
• Shivling Temple
• Nag Temple
• Birudeo Temple
• Hanuman Temple
• Gram Daivat Padmavati Mandir
• Ganpati temple palus colony, palus
• Balumama Temple

The villages in the Tehsil include:^[5]

• Amanapur
• Andhali
• Ankalkhop
• Anugdewadi
• Audumbar
• Bambavade
• Bhilawadi
• Bramhanal
• Burli
• Burungwadi
• Chopdewadi
• Dahyari
• Dudhondi
• Ghogaon
• Hajarwadi
• Khandobachiwadi
• Khatav
• Kirloskarvadi
• Kundal
• Malwadi
• Morale
• Nagrale
• Nagthane
• Palus
• Pundi Tarf Walava
• Pundiwadi
• Ramanandnagar
• Sandgewadi
• Sandgewadi MIDC area
• Santgaon
• Sawantpur
• Shere Dudhondi
• Sukhwadi
• Surygaon
• Tavdarwadi
• Tupari
• Vitthalwadi
• Vasgade

Palus is served by the following transport infrastructure: By Air:-

• Kolhapur Airport is situated around 60 kilometers from Palus
• Kirloskarvadi airstrip which is eligible for helicopters, small planes and jets.

By Rail :-

• Kirloskarvadi Station (Palus) is the nearest railway station to Palus. This is located in The Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways.
• Bhilawadi (Palus) railway station.
• Amnapur (Palus) railway station
• Nearest railway junction miraj 44 km