GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Geographically
Solapur is located between 17.10 to 18.32 degrees north latutude and 74.42 to
76.15 degrees east longitude. The district is situated on the south east fringe
of Maharashtra State and lies entirely in the Bhima and Seena basins. Whole of
the district is drain either by Bhima river or its tributories.
The district is
bounded on the north by Ahmednagar and Osmanabad distritcs, on the east by
Osmanabad and Gulbarga (Karnataka State) districts, on the south by Sangli and
Bijapur (Karnataka State) and on the west by Satara and Pune districts.
There is no
important hill system in the district. Only in the north of Barshi Taluka
several spurs of Balaghat range pass south for a few kilometres. There are also
a few scattered hills in Karmala, Madha and Malshiras Talukas. The district in
general has flat or undulating terrain. The low table land and small separate
hills in Karmala and Madha Talukas act as a Watershed between Bhima and Sina
rivers
The district
covers geographical area of 14844.6 sq.kms. which is 4.82% of the total area of
Maharashtra State. Out of the total area of the district 338.8 sq.kms (2.28%)
is Urban area whereas remaining 14505.8 sq.kms. (97.72%) is Rural area.
Areawise Karmala
taluka is biggest covering an area of 1609.7 sq.kms and North Solapur is
smallest covering an area of 736..3 sq.kms.
The talukawise
area is as below.
|
Name of Taluka |
No. of Villages |
Area in Sq.Kms. |
|
|
54 |
736.3 |
||
|
90 |
1195.3 |
||
|
135 |
1390.3 |
||
|
138 |
1483.1 |
||
|
81 |
1140.9 |
||
|
95 |
1303.6 |
||
|
103 |
1549.9 |
||
|
112 |
1522.2 |
||
|
104 |
1408.4 |
||
|
117 |
1544.9 |
||
|
118 |
1609.7 |
The soils of the
district can broadly be classified into three types.
- Black
- Coarse Gray
- Reddish
According to
topography the dirtsict is divided in three natural zones.
- Eastern Zone : This comprises of Barshi, North Solapur, South Solapur and
Akkalkot Talukas. The soil is medium to deep black and of rich quality.
Jawar, Bajra and Pulses are the main crops of this zone.
- Central or Tansitional Zone : Mohol, Mangalwedha, eastern part of
Pandharpur and Madha Taluka are covered by this zone. Like to moderate
soil and uncertain rainfall marks this zone. Both Kharip and Rabbi crops
are grown in this part.
- Western Zone : Karmala, Sangola and Malshiras Talukas and western parts of
Pandharpur comes under this zone. Shallow and poor type of soil, not
retentive of moisture marks this part. Scanty and uncertain rainfall.
Rabbi crops mainly grown in Karmala, Pandharpur and Madha Talukas while
Kharip crops like Bajra and Groundnut are grown in Sangola and parts of
Malshiras talukas.
LAND USE PATTERN
► 
Agricultural
Area 11480
sq.kms.
► 
Cultivable
not in use 380 sq.kms.
► 
Non-agricultural
690
sq.kms.
► 
Grass
Lands and Herbs 720
sq.kms.
► 
Forest
Cover 350
sq.kms.
► 
Wastelands
1260
sq.kms.
► 
Draught prone areas (All eleven talukas) 14844.6 sq.kms.
Agroclimatically
entire district comes under rain shadow area. Rainfall is uncertain and scanty.
The monsoon period is from second fortinght of June to end of September
bringing rains from south-west monsoon. The average rainfall for the district
is 545.4 mms.
The talukawise
average rainfall is as
below.
|
Name of Taluka |
Rainfall in mms. |
|
|
North
Solapur |
617.3 |
|
|
South
Solapur |
617.3 |
|
|
Akkalkot |
643.6 |
|
|
Barshi |
594.8 |
|
|
Mangalwedha |
519.8 |
|
|
Pandharpur |
523.0 |
|
|
Sangola |
462.4 |
|
|
Malshiras |
422.8 |
|
|
Mohol |
573.9 |
|
|
Madha |
519.0 |
|
|
Karmala |
506.0 |
Due to scanty and
nonuniform rains scarcity conditions prevail in the district. This has
adversely affected the socio-economic condition of peoples. In order to face
this situation, the Ujani dam
is built to provide water to the draught prone areas.
The major river
in the district is Bhima and Sina, Nira, Mann and Bhogawati are its tributories.
The Bhima and Sina run south-east. The Nira and Mann nearly east. During the
dry season all the rivers are nearly dry. The length of Bhima river in Solapur
district is 289 kms.
An area of 296107
hectares is under irrigation in the district from various sources.
The distance (in
kms) chart of Solapur to other cities is as follows.
|
CITY |
DISTANCE |
CITY
|
DISTANCE |
CITY |
DISTANCE |
|
AGARTALA |
3300 |
GUNTUR |
597 |
NELLORE |
854 |
|
AGRA |
1330 |
GURGAON |
1526 |
PANAJI |
473 |
|
AHMEDABAD |
903 |
GUWAHATI |
2547 |
PARADWIP |
1504 |
|
AIZAWL |
3039 |
GWALIOR |
1212 |
PATHANKOT |
2008 |
|
AJMER |
1332 |
HALDIA |
1774 |
PATNA |
1603 |
|
AKOLA |
499 |
HASAN |
624 |
PONDICHERRY |
885 |
|
ALIGARH |
1413 |
HISSAR |
1715 |
PORBANDAR |
1297 |
|
ALLAHABAD |
1269 |
HUBLI |
286 |
PUNE |
243 |
|
AMBALA |
1724 |
HYDERABAD |
305 |
PURULIA |
1690 |
|
AMRITSAR |
1979 |
IMPHAL |
3031 |
RAIPUR |
942 |
|
ASANSOL |
1953 |
INDORE |
726 |
RAJKOT |
1119 |
|
AURANGABAD |
324 |
JABALPUR |
928 |
RAMESHWARAM |
1190 |
|
BHAKTIYARPUR |
1651 |
JAIPUR |
1373 |
RANCHI |
1571 |
|
BANGALORE |
589 |
JAISALMER |
1505 |
RANIPETTAI |
808 |
|
BARAUNI |
1714 |
JALANDHAR |
1896 |
RAURKELA |
1377 |
|
BARDDHAMAN |
1971 |
JAMMU |
2115 |
ROHTAK |
1594 |
|
BAREILLY |
1542 |
JAMNAGAR |
1205 |
SAGAR |
1129 |
|
BELGAUM |
350 |
JHAMSHEDPUR |
1611 |
SAHARANPUR |
1663 |
|
BELLARY |
410 |
JHANSI |
1201 |
SALEM |
792 |
|
BHAGALPUR |
1838 |
JODHPUR |
1342 |
SAMBALPURI |
1204 |
|
BHAVNAGAR |
1090 |
JORHAT |
2850 |
SHAHJAHANPUR |
1616 |
|
BHOPAL |
912 |
KAKINADA |
828 |
SILIGURI |
2072 |
|
BHUBANESHWAR |
1380 |
KANDLA |
1268 |
SHILLONG |
2647 |
|
BIKANER |
1565 |
KANNIYAKUMARI |
1371 |
SHIMLA |
1875 |
|
BILASPUR |
1053 |
KANPUR |
1466 |
SHIVPURI |
1100 |
|
CALCUTTA |
1788 |
KOCHI |
1052 |
SILCHAR |
2873 |
|
CHANDIGARH |
1770 |
KOHIMA |
2886 |
SRINAGAR |
2408 |
|
CHENNAI |
936 |
KOHLAPUR |
247 |
SURAT |
605 |
|
CHITTARDURGA |
488 |
KOTA |
1131 |
THANE |
385 |
|
COIMBATORE |
1000 |
KOZHIKODE |
871 |
THANJAVUR |
980 |
|
CUTTACK |
1405 |
KRISHNAGIRI |
680 |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM |
1253 |
|
DEHRU DUN |
1711 |
KURNOOL |
469 |
THRISSUR |
1015 |
|
DELHI |
1553 |
LUCKNOW |
1498 |
TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI |
926 |
|
DHANBAD |
1776 |
LUDHIANA |
1837 |
TIRUNELVELI |
1189 |
|
DHULE |
467 |
MADURAI |
1035 |
TIRUPATI |
822 |
|
DIBRUGARH |
2986 |
MANGALORE |
647 |
TUTICORIN |
1170 |
|
DIMAPUR |
2821 |
MEERUT |
1541 |
UDAIPUR |
1155 |
|
DINDIGUL |
1091 |
MORADABAD |
1597 |
UJJAIN |
781 |
|
DURGAPUR |
1902 |
MOTIHARI |
1769 |
ULHASNAGAR |
379 |
|
GANGANAGAR |
1530 |
MUMBAI |
406 |
VADODARA |
790 |
|
GANGTOK |
2186 |
MUZAFFARNAGAR |
1592 |
VARANASI |
1394 |
|
GAYA |
1618 |
MUZAFFARPUR |
1817 |
VIJAYAWADA |
572 |
|
GHAZIABAD |
1551 |
MYSORE |
757 |
VISHAKHAPATNAM |
955 |
|
GHAZIPUR |
1466 |
NAGPUR |
664 |
WARANGAL |
445 |
|
GORAKHPUR |
1567 |
NANDED |
286 |
|
|
|
GULBARGA |
158 |
NASHIK |
445 |
|
|
