# Palus, Maharashtra

Palus is a city and municipal council in sangli district.
In Palus, Grapes production is also done on a very large scale and grapes of Palus are widely known. The grapes here are also sold abroad.
Grapes are grown here using new technologies and different methods.

## Demographics

Religions in Palus taluk (2011) :
| Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
| Hinduism | Hinduism | 87.75% | 87.75% |
| Islam | Islam | 6.12% | 6.12% |
| Jainism | Jainism | 4.11% | 4.11% |
| Buddhism | Buddhism | 1.81% | 1.81% |
| Other or not stated | Other or not stated | 0.21% | 0.21% |
Palus taluka had a population of 164,909, entirely in rural areas. The sex ratio is 933 females per 1000 males and the literacy rate is 86.11%. 16,700 were under 6 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 11.15% and 0.71% of the population respectively.
Languages of Palus taluk (2011)
At the time of the 2011 census, 94.27% of the population spoke Marathi and 2.93% Hindi as their first language.

## Industrial zone, MIDC & other

The industrial zone of Palus produces various parts in foundry, full finished machining on it as per requirement . It is home to the Krishna Valley Wine Park, Krishna-verala spinningmills and a marketplace with hardware and construction shops.
India's second oldest industrial township kirloskarvadi is located in palus taluka.
Kirloskar Brothers is located about 4 kilometers from Palus. Corporations are located in Kirloskarvadi include Kirloskar Ebara Pumps limited (KEPL), Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) and other steelwork firms.
* Palus mini MIDC, palus
* Sandgewadi (Palus) MIDC, palus
* Sawantpur Vasahat
* Famous Milk dairies in large scales
* Valves and water pumps manufacturers, machine shops, foundries, cnc machine shops.
* Grapes farming in large scale
* Tiles and hardware markets are also in large scale
* Hindustan petroleum corporation limited (HPCL) Gas bottling plant and gas and petrol supply unit, Hajarwadi (Bhilawadi railway station)

## Education

* Laxmanrao Kirloskar School & Junior College.
* Bharti vidyapeeth college of engineering.
* Bachpan play school
* Pandit Vishnu digambar school and college
* Arts, Commerce and Science College Palus
* Industrial training institute palus
* Shri Samarth English medium school
* Jawaharlal navodaya vidyalaya palus (JNV) PALUS.
* Takshila School
And Many more schools, colleges, academies are situated in palus & surrounding area.

## Attractive places to visit

Attractions in the Palus area include the
* Samarth dhondiraj maharaj temple
* Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
* Grapes farm
* Famous Milk dairies in large scale situated here you can be visit.
* Shreekshetra audumbar
* Krishna ghat, Bhilawadi
* Kundal forest academy by GOV OF MAHARASHTRA
* Hanuman temple, pundi
* Palus market
* the fair of palus is also very famous .
Hindustani classical vocalist Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (1872-1931) was born there.

### Temples

* Dhondiraj Maharaj Math/Mandir
* H. Daval Malik (Baba) Dargah
* Old Vitthal Temple
* New Vitthal Temple
* Shivling Temple
* Nag Temple
* Birudeo Temple
* Hanuman Temple
* Gram Daivat Padmavati Mandir
* Ganpati temple palus colony, palus
* Balumama Temple

## Villages

The villages in the Tehsil include:
* Amanapur
* Andhali
* Ankalkhop
* Anugdewadi
* Audumbar
* Bambavade
* Bhilawadi
* Bramhanal
* Burli
* Burungwadi
* Chopdewadi
* Dahyari
* Dudhondi
* Ghogaon
* Hajarwadi
* Khandobachiwadi
* Khatav
* Kirloskarvadi
* Kundal
* Malwadi
* Morale
* Nagrale
* Nagthane
* Palus
* Pundi Tarf Walava
* Pundiwadi
* Ramanandnagar
* Sandgewadi
* Sandgewadi MIDC area
* Santgaon
* Sawantpur
* Shere Dudhondi
* Sukhwadi
* Surygaon
* Tavdarwadi
* Tupari
* Vitthalwadi
* Vasgade

## Transport

Palus is served by the following transport infrastructure: By Air:-
* Kolhapur Airport is situated around 60 kilometers from Palus
* Kirloskarvadi airstrip which is eligible for helicopters, small planes and jets.
By Rail :-
* Kirloskarvadi Station (Palus) is the nearest railway station to Palus. This is located in The Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways.
* Bhilawadi (Palus) railway station.
* Amnapur (Palus) railway station
* Nearest railway junction miraj 44 km