Katgun
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Village in Maharashtra
Village in Maharashtra, India
Katgun | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 17°41′N 74°20′E / 17.69°N 74.34°E / 17.69; 74.34 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Satara district |
| Taluka | Khatav |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,319[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 415502 |
Katgun is a village in the Khatav taluka of Satara district in Maharashtra State, India.[2]
Notable personalities
[edit ]- Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, the Indian activist, thinker, social reformer, writer and theologist was belongs to Katgun.[3]
Jyothirao Govindrao Phule was born in 1827 into a family that belonged to the agricultural (Mali) caste, traditionally occupied as gardeners and considered to be one of the Shudhra varna in the ritual ranking system of Hinduism.[1] The original surname of the family had been Gorhe and had its origins in the village of Katgun, in present day Satara District, Maharashtra.
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Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Smarak Katgun (Satara)
Connectivity
[edit ]Katgun is close to many larger towns including Vaduj, Satara.
References
[edit ]- ^ Katgun Population (2011). "District Census Handbook Satara, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operation Maharashtra, Govt. of India. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Pin Code Of Katgun, Satara is 415502". www.pincodeofindia.in. PincodeofIndia. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Social and Cultural Background". Satara District Institute of Education and Training. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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