Surgana

During the British Raj era, Surgana State was one of several princely state governed by the Pawar dynasty of kshatriya Kolis. It was the only state of the Nasik Agency.{{cite web|url=https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Khandesh%20District/state_surgana.html#1|title=GAZETTEERs OF BOMBAY PRESIDENCY - KHANDESH|website=Maharashtra.gov.in|language=en|publisher=Maharashtra Government Gazetteers Department|access-date=5 February 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/great-britain-india-office/imperial-gazetteer-of-india--volume-23-aer/page-20-imperial-gazetteer-of-india--volume-23-aer.shtml|author=Great Britain. India Office|via=ebooksread.com|language=en|title=Great Britain. India Office. Imperial gazetteer of India .. (Volume 23) online. (page 20 of 52)|access-date=5 February 2018}}{{Cite book |last1=Nag |first1=Sajal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3UMAQAAMAAJ |title=Making of the Indian Union: Merger of Princely States and Excluded Areas |last2=Gurung |first2=Tejimala |last3=Choudhury |first3=Abhijit |date=2007 |publisher=Akansha Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8370-110-5 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=356: Surgana was ruled by a Koli, probably a Mahadeo Koli by caste |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Lethbridge |first=Sir Roper |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&dq=Surgana+Golden+Boom&pg=PA521 |title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire |date=2005 |publisher=Aakar Books |isbn=978-81-87879-54-1 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=521: SHANKAR BAO RAVI RAO DESHMUKH, Deshmukh of Surgana State, Born 1849; succeeded to the gadi in 1867. Belongs to a Koli family (aboriginal) origin, and that had the charge, during the period of Muhammadan rule, of one of the great roads from Surat to the Deccan. In 1818 t 5 the Deshmukh, having g attacked a British force, was con quered and hanged, and his cousin was placed on the gadi, The Deshmukh Murár Rao was succeeded by Bhaskar Rao, and the latter by the present Deshmukh |language=en}}

55 bordering villages of Surgana taluka has submitted memorandum to join Gujarat. The efforts has been made by Surgana taluka Sangharsh Samiti.{{Cite web |last=IANS |date=2022-12-19 |title=55 villages in Nashik district of Maharashtra wish to be merged with Guj |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/55-villages-in-nashik-district-of-maharashtra-wish-to-be-merged-with-guj-122121900840_1.html |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=www.business-standard.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |agency=Press Trust of India |date=2022-12-02 |title=Villages in Nashik demand merger with Gujarat due to lack of development |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/villages-in-nashik-demand-merger-with-gujarat-due-to-lack-of-development-122120200994_1.html |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=www.business-standard.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |author=Abhijeet Patil|date=Dec 6, 2022 |title=10 Solapur and 55 Nashik villages seek Maharashtra exit {{!}} Kolhapur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/10-solapur-and-55-nashik-villages-seek-maharashtra-exit/articleshow/96018613.cms |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

Surgana is located at {{coord|20.57|N|73.62|E|}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Surgana.html|title=Surgana, India Page|date=27 August 2016|access-date=5 February 2018|website=FallingRain.com}} It has an average elevation of 533 metres (1748 feet). It is about 90 km from Nashik.

In the 2001 India census, Surgana had a population of 6,147.{{Cite web|title=Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Town: Surgana (C.T.)|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=2969&category=C.T.}} Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Surgana had an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 75%, and female literacy was 64%. In 2001 in Surgana, 13% of the population was under 6 years of age.{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}

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