Raigad district | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 09/12/2018

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Raigad district


00:02:29 1 Education
00:03:23 2 Administrative subdivisions
00:03:42 3 Municipal Civic Bodies in Raigad District
00:03:53 3.1 SPAs
00:04:11 3.2 Municipal Corporations
00:04:32 3.3 Municipal Councils
00:04:56 3.4 Nagar Panchayats
00:05:08 3.5 Proposed Municipal Councils
00:05:31 4 Demographics
00:06:28 5 Transport
00:07:34 6 University



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Raigad District  is a district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Formerly called the Kolaba district, the district was renamed after Raigad, the fort that was the former capital of the Maratha Empire founder and leader Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and is located in the interior regions of the district, in dense forests on a west-facing spur of the Western Ghats of Sahyadri Range. In 2011 the district had a population of 2,635,394, compared to 2,207,929 in 2001. The name was changed in the regime of Chief Minister Antule on 1st Jan 1981. In 2011 urban dwellers had increased to 36.91% from 24.22% in 2001.The district is bounded by Mumbai Harbour to the northwest, Thane District to the north, Pune District to the east, Ratnagiri district to the south, and the Arabian Sea to the west. It includes the large natural harbour of Pen-Mandwa, which is immediately south of Mumbai harbour, and forming a single landform with it.
The northern part of the district is included in the planned metropolis of Navi Mumbai, consisting of Kharghar, Ulve node, New Panvel and Khanda Colony, Taloja, Kamothe and Kalamboli nodes as well as Uran City and its port, the JNPT.
The district includes cities/towns Kharghar, Taloja, Kalamboli, Panvel, Rasayani, Karjat, Khopoli, Matheran, Uran, Pen, Alibag, Murud-Janjira, Roha, Nagothane, Sudhagad-Pali, Mangaon, Mhasala, Shrivardhan, Mahad, Birwadi, Poladpur.  The largest city in terms of Population, Industrialization as well as Area is Panvel. The district also includes the isle of Gharapuri or Elephanta, located in Uran which has ancient Hindu and Buddhist caves.
Kulaba (also spelled Kolaba) district was split from Thane district in 1869. Apopulation being Hindus.Bhagat, Patil, Mhatre, Naik,Thakur, are famous and native surnames in Raigad district.
At this point the northernmost parts of modern Raigad district were retained in Thane district. Panvel, just across the bay from Mumbai, was not included in Kolaba district until 1883, and Karjat, an area in the north-east corner of modern Raigad district, was not placed in Kolaba district until 1891. Kolaba district was subsequently renamed Raigad district.