Sangli district

The district Sangli ( Marathi: सांगली जिल्हा ) is one of 35 districts in the state of Maharashtra in India. The city of Sangli is the administrative center of the district. The last census in 2011 showed a total population of 2,822,143 people.

Population

The urban population accounts for only 25.49 percent of the total population. A clear vast majority of the population are Hindus. Smaller minorities are the Muslims, Jains and Buddhists. In 2001, of 2,583,524 inhabitants, 2,243,478 Hindus ( 86.84 percent), 203 524 Muslims ( 7.88 percent), 85.160 Jains (3.30 percent) and 35 142 Buddhists (1.36 percent).

Significant places

Strongest town inhabitants of the district Sangli - Miraj - is Kupwad with over 400,000 residents. Other important cities with a population of more than 25,000 people are uranium Islampur, Vita, Tasgaon and Ashta.