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Shirgav ( English: Shirgaon) at Walwa in Sangli district, in Maharashtra, India, is a tiny village situated on the banks of river Krishna.

Walwa, Sangli taluka in Maharashtra, India

Walwa is a tehsil/taluka in Walwa subdivision of Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is also known as Valva-Islampur Taluka. There are ninety-five panchayat villages in Walwa Taluka.

Sangli district District of Maharashtra in India

Sangli District is a district of Maharashtra State in west-central India. Sangli City is the district headquarters. The district is 25.11% urban. Sangli and Miraj are the largest cities. The industrial town of Kirloskarwadi is also located in the Sangli District. Industrialist Laxmanrao Kirloskar started his first factory here. It is known as the sugar bowl of India due to its high sugarcane productivity. Sangli District is one of the most fertile and highly developed districts in Maharashtra. The District is very popular as a political power house in the state. Sangli District has provided many popular politicians and bureaucrats until now. Sangli has a rich history and cultural heritage. People often refers to Sangli District as the Heaven of Farmers.

Maharashtra State in western, southern and central India

Maharashtra is a state considered to be part of western, central, southern and south-central India. It is the second-most populous state and third-largest state by area in India. Spread over 307,713 km2 (118,809 sq mi), it is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana and Chhattisgarh to the east, Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the north west, and Madhya Pradesh to the north. It is also the world's second-most populous subnational entity. It was formed by merging the western and south-western parts of the Bombay State, Berar and Vidarbha, and the north-western parts of the Hyderabad State and splitting Saurashtra by the States Reorganisation Act. It has over 112 million inhabitants and its capital, Mumbai, has a population around 18 million making it the most populous urban area in India. Nagpur hosts the winter session of the state legislature. Pune is known as 'Oxford of the East' due to the presence of several well-known educational institutions.

The village comes under Walwa Tahsil. There is primary school in village founded in 1913.


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