Chandgad Tourism, Maharashtra India
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Chandgad Fast Facts
- State: Maharashtra
- District: Kolhapur
- Famous for/as: Temple, Fort
- Population: 12,000
- Religions: Hindus, Muslims, Christians
- Language: Marathi, Kannada
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- Weather: Summer - Max 36C, Min 29C, Winter - Max 21C, Min 14C
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- Local Transport: Rail, Bus, Taxi
- Pincode: 416509
- STDCode: 02320
Chandgad, India Overview
Chandgad (Marathi: चंदगड) is a town and tehsil headquarters in Gadhinglaj, which is a subdivision of Kolhapur district that is in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Jagrut Devastan Sri Ravalnath temple is located here.
This is a small town having a population of about 12,000. This place is 110 km from Kolhapur but only 36 km from Belgaum City. Chandgad is located on the Belgaum-Vengurle state highway. Amboli hill station is only 32 km from Chandgad. People of Chandgad town and taluka are heavily reliant on Belgaum and Gadhinglaj cities for their day to day needs.
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Chandgad, India History
There are famous fort in chandgad, out of them "killa pargad " is importantally used by "marath's to resist the attack of Portuguese from Goa; sardar of this fort were "rayaba malusare","GAIKWAD gharane",sawant etc. . "kille kalanandigad" is protected by Gaikwad families of Halkarni. There is a substantial amount of Chardo families in this area as they had migrated due to the persecution of the Portuguese in Goa. They amount to almost half the population. Chandgad was formerly a part of Belgaum District. But during reorganization of Maharashtra state the entire taluka was merged into Kolhapur District.


