Asoli

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Asoli
Village
Nickname: 
Asoli Gaon
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Asoli
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 15°48′18″N73°40′51″E / 15.8050°N 73.6808°E / 15.8050; 73.6808
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Taluka Vengurla
Government
  Tahasildar, VengurlaSmt. Vaishali Patil
Population
 (2008)
  Total
5,064
Languages
  Official Marathi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
416 518
Telephone code02366
Vehicle registration MH 07
Website sindhudurg.nic.in
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Asoli is a small village in Taluka Vengurla and district Sindhudurg of Maharashtra, India.

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The Gram daivath (Village God) is Shree Dev Narayan.

Sindhudurg is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India, which was carved out of the erstwhile Ratnagiri District. The district headquarters are located at Oros. The district occupies an area of 5207 km2 and has a population of 868,825 of which 9.47% were urban (as of 2001). [1]

Location

Sindhudurg is bordered on the north by Ratnagiri District, on the south by the state of Goa, on the west by the Arabian Sea, and to the east across the crest of the Western Ghats or Sayadhris is Kolhapur District. Sindhudurg is part of Konkan (coastal) region, a narrow coastal plain in western Maharashtra which lies between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. literacy in this district is around 80%.

Climate

Asoli has a semi-tropical climate and remains warm and humid in most of the year. It has three clear seasons: Rainy (June - October), winter (November-mid February) and Summer (mid-February–May). Temperatures vary between Max. 32 °C and monsoon winds bring heavy rains (average rainfall 3240.10  mm).

Divisions

The 8 talukas of this district are Devgad, Kankavli, Malvan, Kudal, Savantwadi, Vengurla and Dodamarg and Vaibhavwadi.

There are 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district. These are Sawantwadi, Kudal and Kankavli. All of these are part of the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency. [2]

Notes

  1. "Census GIS India". Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  2. "Election Commission, Maharashtra - No. of Voters 1.8.2006". Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.