Jat, Sangli

Jath
Jath Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 17°3′N 75°13′E / 17.050°N 75.217°E / 17.050; 75.217Coordinates: 17°3′N 75°13′E / 17.050°N 75.217°E / 17.050; 75.217
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Government
• Body	Jath Nagarpalika
Area
• Total	2,258.28 km2 (871.93 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	65,000
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
• Regional	Marathi, Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	416-404
Telephone code	02344
Vehicle registration	MH-10
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
sangli	Sangli, Miraj, Kupwad
Literacy	83.83%
Climate	sunny (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	25–40 °C (77–104 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	20–27 °C (68–81 °F)
Website	jath.info

Jath is a town and taluka headquarters in Miraj subdivision of Sangli district in southern Maharashtra. It is often spelled as "Jath" according to South Indian lexical nomenclature. Jath is one of the largest tehsils in Maharashtra state. Demographically, it has historically been a part of Man Desh.

It was the former capital of Jath State, one of the non-salute Maratha princely states of British India, under the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. It was a southern Maratha Jahagir.

History

Some sources say, in ancient period, town was called Jayantinagar. Jath was capital of former Maratha Jagir ruled by Dafales. Most of the dynasty period was affiliated to Bijapur. For some period it was associated with Kolhapur as well as Satara Maratha Dynasties. Later Jath became a non-salute princely state until independence of India. Then it was part of Satara district. When Sangli district was formed, Jath became eastern tahasil of Sangli.

Culture

Yallamma temple is situated to the South of Jat. It celebrates an annual fair on Chaitra Paurnima (Full Moon) in the month of Margashirsha. It also hosts one of the largest cattle fairs in southern Maharashtra and Northern Karnataka.

Guddapur, a village in Jath taluka, is also very famous shrine of Goddess Dhanamma.

Daridev temple is located south west of Jath, near to Muchandi village. Its annual fair is celebrated in the second week of April each year.

Near to the city, a temple of Ambabai situated on a hill. The temple celebrates its annual fair in the Navaratra.

How to reach Jath ?

Nearest International Airport

Mumbai (Bombay) : 433 Km

Nearest Domestic Airport

Kolhapur : 136 Km

Pune : 282 Km

Main Railway Stations (CR)

Miraj Junction : 78.2 Km

Bijapur : 66 Km

Sangli (City) : 85.3 Km JathRoad(Walekhindi) : 23 Km

Central Bus Stations : Jath

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