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Katgun | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Katgun Location in Maharashtra, India  Katgun Katgun (India) | |
| Coordinates: 17°41′N 74°20′E / 17.69°N 74.34°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Maharashtra |
| District | Satara district |
| Taluka | Khatav |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,319[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 415502 |
Katgun is a village in the Khatav taluka of Satara district in Maharashtra State, India.[2]
Notable personalities
[edit]- Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, the Indian activist, thinker, social reformer, writer and theologist was belongs to Katgun.[3]
Jyothirao Govindrao Phule was born in 1827 into a family that belonged to the agricultural (Mali) caste, traditionally occupied as gardeners and considered to be one of the Shudhra varna in the ritual ranking system of Hinduism.[1] The original surname of the family had been Gorhe and had its origins in the village of Katgun, in present day Satara District, Maharashtra.
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Smarak Katgun (Satara)
Connectivity
[edit]Katgun is close to many larger towns including Vaduj, Satara.
References
[edit]- ↑ Katgun Population (2011). "District Census Handbook Satara, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operation Maharashtra, Govt. of India. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Pin Code Of Katgun, Satara is 415502". www.pincodeofindia.in. PincodeofIndia. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ "Social and Cultural Background". Satara District Institute of Education and Training. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.