Diskal

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Diskal
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Diskal
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 17°48′50″N74°17′28″E / 17.8138171°N 74.291193°E / 17.8138171; 74.291193
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State ..Maharashtra Flag(INDIA).png Maharashtra
District Satara
Taluka Khatav
Taluka H.Q. Vaduj
Government
  BodyGram Panchayat
Population
 (2011)
  Total4,472 [1]
Demonym(s) Diskalkar, Satarkar
Languages
  Official Marathi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Pin Code
415504
Vehicle registration MH-11

Diskal is a village in the Satara district of the state of Maharashtra in India. It is situated on the Pusegaon-Phaltan road in Khatav taluka. [2]

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Geography

Yerla river flows through this village and its source is 8 km away from there. [3] This town is 44 km away from its district headquarters, Satara. [4] It is 32 km away from Phaltan and 115 km away from Pune. [5]

Education

This village has facility of education up to matriculation and there are following educational institutions:

1894 Hailstorm Incident

On 6 February 1894, at about 2 to 3 pm heavy rain commenced accompanied with hailstones, many of which were as big as large mango. The rain lasted for about 5 hours. The fall of hailstones, although it lasted for an hour or so, was so heavy and incessant that the accumulation of the stones rose to a height from 4 to 6 feet and it took 10 to 11 days to thaw. Six person fell victims to this occurrence. The bodies of 5 of them were buried under ice. The sixth, a boy of 11 years, was carried away by the force of the flood to the Ner dam on Yerla river and was lost. About 835 cattle are also said to have been lost. Crops of Bakshi and Khapli wheat have been completely damaged. The loss suffered by the people of village was apparently very serous. [7]

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References

  1. Diskal Population (2011). "District Census Handbook SATARA, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operation Maharashtra, Govt. of India. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. "Khatav Taluka Map" (PDF). Govt. of India. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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