Khatav

Khatav is situated to the south of the Satara district. Vaduj is the headquarters of the taluka, which is located 13 km south of Khatav. Khatav is surrounded by the Maan, Karad, Phaltan and Koregaon talukas and Sangli district boundary. The taluka receives less rainfall than most and is categorized as a drought affected region. The Yerla River originates in the north of Khatav taluka and flows in the southeasterly direction through taluka.{{cite web |title=Yerla river source |url=https://wrd.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/PDF/booklet-Upper%20Krishna.pdf |publisher=Water Resource Department, Govt. of Maharashtra |access-date=24 April 2023}}

Khatav is an ancient place in satara district, situated at the spiritual edge of Yerla River. Khatav was prosperous town and market place in past. Khatav had a military base at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Sarnobat Prataprao Gujar was native in Bhosare village which village is adjacent to Khatav. Khatav have some of old damaged places still exist it need to preserve. In Khatav there are historical fortress still intact the past glory of town but now damaged. In 1864, Khatav taluka was bifurcated into Khatav and Malshiras talukas. On 1 August 1875, Malshiras taluka was transferred to Solapur district.{{cite book |last1=Khatav taluka bifurcation (1864) |title=Agrarian Legislation in India (Publication-Issue 61) |year=1973 |publisher=Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9KMeAQAAIAAJ&q=khatav |access-date=27 April 2023}} Prime minister Narendra Modi's one of the most famous mentor named Lakshman Rao Madhav Rao Inamdar was native in Khatav.{{cite news |title=Laxmanrao Inamdar, the man behind Narendra Modi |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/from-the-archives-lakshmanrao-inamdar-the-man-behind-narendra-modi-1956079-2022-05-30 |access-date=27 April 2023 |publisher=India Today |date=30 May 2022}}{{cite web |title=Curtain raiser on Shri Laxman Madhav Rao Inamdarji |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=170967 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India |access-date=27 April 2023}}

Vaduj is the main town of Khatav Taluka. Most government offices like Telecom(BSNL), State Bank of India (SBI), PWD, district court are located in Vaduj. This town has a population of around 9,827. Mayani is a well developed town in Khatav Taluka. All the facilities like education, hospitals, banking, market are present in this town.

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Khatav taluka has some professional education institutes like Engineering, Medical and Pharmacy as well as Arts, Commerce and Science institutes. Some institutes are listed below:

• Gourishiv Polytechnic, Khatav{{cite web |title=Gourishiv Polytechnic, Khatav |url=http://gourishivpoly.org/ |publisher=Gourishiv Polytechnic, Khatav |access-date=19 August 2023}}
• Rural Institute of Ayurved Research Centre and Hospital, Mayani{{cite web |title=Rural Institute of Ayurved Research Centre and Hospital, Mayani |url=https://riarchmayani.in/# |publisher=Rural Institute of Ayruved Research Centre and Hospital |access-date=19 August 2023}}
• College of Pharmacy, Mayani{{cite web |title=Pharmacy College, Mayani |url=http://www.mayanipharmacy.com/ |publisher=Pharmacy College, Mayani |access-date=19 August 2023}}
• Shahajiraje Mahavidyalaya, Khatav{{cite web |title=Shahajiraje Mahavidyalaya, Kahatav |url=http://srm.ac.in/ |publisher=Shahajiraje Mahavidyalaya, Khatav |access-date=19 August 2023}}
• Hutatma Parshuram Vidyalaya and Junior College, Vaduj
• Raja Shripatrao Bhagwantrao Mahavidyalaya Aundh
• Arts and Commerce College, Pusegaon{{cite web |title=Arts and Commerce College, Pusegaon |url=http://www.accp.ac.in/ |publisher=Arts and Commerce College, Pusegaon |access-date=19 August 2023}}

• Sarnobat Prataprao Gujar
• Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi
• Mahatma Jyotirao Phule{{cite book |title=Biography of Jyotiba Phule: Inspirational Biographies for Children |date=February 2021 |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DhAVEAAAQBAJ&q=mahatma+phule+native+place+katgun |access-date=27 April 2023}}{{cite book |title=Mahatma Jyotirao Phooley, Father of Indian Social Revolution |date=1997 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=9788171540662 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PFY9fz68KEsC&q=mahatma+phule+native+place+katgun}}
• Appasaheb Balasaheb Pant
• Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme{{cite web |title=P. V. Sukhatme (Indian Statistician) |url=http://library.isical.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10263/5211/2/P%20V%20Sukhatme.pdf |publisher=Indian Statistical Institute |access-date=28 April 2023}}{{cite web |title=P. V. Sukhatme |url=https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/25938/ |publisher=Marathi Vishvakosh (Dnyanmandal) |access-date=28 April 2023}}
• Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale{{cite news |last1=Babasaheb Bhosale (former Chief Minister of Maharashtra) |title=Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde becomes fourth CM from Satara; who are other three? |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-eknath-shinde-becomes-fourth-cm-from-satara-who-are-other-three |access-date=27 April 2023 |publisher=The Free Press Journal |date=30 June 2022}}
• Laxman Rao Madhav Rao Inamdar{{cite news |last1=Laxmanrao Inamdar |title=On the Modi trail: What you did not (could not) see on stage in Pune, Satara |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/on-the-modi-trail-what-you-did-not-could-not-see-on-stage-in-pune-satara/story-n5xLDONA9cNMLWIkrr68VK.html |access-date=27 April 2023 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=17 October 2019}}
• Ranjit Vasantrao More{{cite web |title=Ranjit More (Retd. Chief Justice of High Court of Meghalaya) |url=https://meghalayahighcourt.nic.in/honble-mr-justice-ranjit-v-more |publisher=High Court of Meghalaya |access-date=27 April 2023}}

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