AKKALKOT - CITY OF SWAMI SAMARTH

               AKKALKOT -  अक्कलकोट

                         CITY OF  SWAMI SAMARTH


shree swami samarth
shree swami samarth




ABOUT AKKALKOT


location 40 km from district solapur
Akkalkot is a city of god shree swami samarth maharaj. also known as pragnyapuri
Akkalkot is taluka place of district solapur and state maharashtra.
Akkalkot is one of the historical place of maratha empire(bhosale empire).
Akkalkot was a place of maratha kingdom.
Akkalkot situated at border of maharshtra and karnataka. here speaks multiple languages like Marathi, kannada,hindi,urdu as well as english.
Akkalkot city is nicely connected to citys like solapur , pune and mumbai by national Highway.


HISTORY 

          
            Akkalkot was ruled by Bhosale dynasty.it was under Bombay Precidency. Main ruler of city was king Fattesinh Bhosale Maharaj 1894 to 1923. 
                               NEW PALACE

there are two palce in city one is Old Palace and another is New palce which was construced in British rule. another  king was Shahaji bhosale , maloji bhosale,vijaysinh bosale.
                                    OLD PALACE





RELIGIONS


        Akkalkot is city of sarv dharm sambhav, here majority of Hindus along with Mulslims and other religious. here people celebrates each others Festivals by peace and harmony.


AKKALKOT GEOGRAPHY

 
          Akkalkot situated south side of solapur district along with karnataka border.Tehsil covers area of 1,407 km2 and contains 138 village.the population of city as per census2011 was around 314580. Main agricultre crops are jwar,sorghum, bajra and piegon pee turdal, with low rain density .Main river in the taluka is bori river. Akkalkot has a kurnoor dam situated kurnoor village , which is main source of water for city supply for drinking as well as for agriculture.


LITERCY AND EDUCATION FACILITY  AT Akkalkot


         city has good educational institutions like CB khedgis school and college of all streams. Shri shahaji high school one of the old and popular school . KLE society mangrule school which has multilanguage school and college. also some new private schools around the city.


TRANSPORT FACILITY



           Akkalkot has good transport facility, government MSRTC bus service availble. also karnataka state transport buses also provide service at akkalkot. nearest railway station is Akkalkot road railway staion Akor situated along 10 km from city. also some private tours and travels buses run on city.
main trains which stops at akkalkot railway stations are UDYAN EXPRESS, CHENNAI MAIL and some PASSANGER TRAINS.



TOURIST SPOTS AND FACILITY



Here all facility avilable in city. there is bhakt nivas situated at annachtra mahamndal .also private lodges and hotels also available with good facility for staying here.

BANKING FACILITY



Akkalkot is also lot of economic activity and business hub. Here all PSU banks brach available like SBI, BANK OF BARODA, BANK OF INDIA, CENTRAL BANK, UNION BANK, and also some private Banks like HDFC AND AXIS BANK also lot of co operative banks are availble in city.
Here two market place one is daily market at juna adat bazar and another is weekly monday bazar also known as kanda bazar. city has one krishi utpann bazar samiti which is situated near mangrule high scool bagehalli road akkalkot.

POLICE AND LAW



Akkalkot has two police stations one is North Police Station and another is South Police Station. here is one Court Civil and Crime court.



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