Sangamner
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Sangamner is a city and a municipal council
Municipal council
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 located in the Ahmednagar District
Ahmednagar district
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 of Maharashtra
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 state in India
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. It is situated on the Pravara River and it is one of the most developed cities in the area. The city got its name because it is on the site of the confluence (sangam) of three rivers in the area: Pravara, Mhalungi, and Mahanuti. It is famous for its cloth market, educational facilities, sugar
Sugar
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 factory, agriculture
Agriculture
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, and tobacco
Tobacco
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 products (Gaichhap)(hattichap).

Geography

Sangamner is located at 19.57°N 74.22°E on the banks of the Pravara River. It has an average elevation of 549 metres (1801 feet). It is also the second-largest city by population in Ahmednagar District, after Ahmednagar City.
Sangamner is the biggest settlement on National Highway-50 (NH-50) between Pune and Nashik. The main destinations from Sangamner are Nashik (68 km) and Pune (143 km).One of the fastest growing city in the Nashik - Pune - Mumbai triangle.
Very strong educational development in last decade. The only taluka place in the state where Art/Commerce / Science/Diploma/Degree /MBA /BBA /Pharmacy /BAMS /BHMS /DHMS /ITI / Bed / Ded /Model schools
Sangamner is known as cultural city. Whole year Sangamnerkar are busy in verious activities. Like as Kavi Anant Fandi Vyakhyanmala, Kavi Anant Fandi Sahitya Puraskar, Sangamner festival etc. Sangamner Itihas Sanshodhan Mandal, Kavi Anant Fandi Pratishthan, Rajasthan Yuvak Mandal, Geeta Parivar and some other organisation play major role in these activities.
Rangnath Pathare, Dr. Raosaheb Kasbe, Dr. Alim Vakil, Dr. Madhukar Mondhe, Bhausaheb Thorat, B.J. Khatal Patil, Vimal Lele,Shriniwas Hemade,Santosh Khedlekar,D.B. Rathi (Sir) are Sangamner's welknown writers. Kavi Anant Fandi, Kantabai Satarkar, Gulabbai Sangamnerkar are Sangamner's famous performer.
Balasaheb alias Vijay Bhausaheb Thorat is MLA and standing Minister for the Taluka.

There is Akhil Bhartiya Marathi natya Parishad branch which works for cultural activities.The renowned personalities like Rangnath Pathare writter, Sanjay Mapani - Geeta Pariwar President, Sanjaykumar Dalvi- president of Akhil Bhartiya Marathi natya Parishad branch and many mores to be included giving multidimensional prosperity to the region. The Shikshan Prasarak Sanstha is running colleges like s n arts, d j m commerece and b n s science college and omkarnathji malpani law college, bed college with motivation of spread knowledge unto the last at rural level.
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Demographics

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, Sangamner had a population of 4,39,806. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sangamner has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 71%. In Sangamner, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
If considered the population of the town of Sangamner alone, it is 61,958 according to Census of India (2001) with the class II status.
Population total Male Female
439 806 226 022 213 784

Literates total Male Female
286 779 167 277 119 502

Sports

Sangamner Taluka is sports loving. Sangamner has a very nice sport complex in the name of Sahakar Maharshi Bhausaheb Santuji Thorat. It is constructed by Sangamner Nagaraparishad and Taluka Kreeda Sankul Samiti, Sangamner. In this stadium there is a Badminton hall, a very nice Cricket ground, Handball ground, Table Tennis hall, and Sketing ground. Taluka Sports Office is situated in this sport complex working under directorate of Sports and youth Services, Pune (Government of Maharashtra). School games are organised at this stadium. In the Sangamner there are many clubs like Malpani Health club and ranjit sport club. Many boys and girls have participated in international and national level tournaments.like as Shubham Ravindra Mandlik in international table soccer championship.etc

Religion

Hinduism is the most commonly practised religion in Sanamner, although mosques, gurudwaras, Jain temples, churches, and other religious buildings are found in the city. The most prominent Hindu temple in Sangamner are Shani Dev temple in south part while Lord Ganesh Temple on Samnapur road on north part. The most famous is likely the Saibaba Temple, located near Ghats on the Pravara riverside. All the functions of all religions are celebrated with equal enthusiasm and zest. The Ganesh festival is the most important attraction of Sangamner.
"AGNESHWAR MAHADEV MANDIR"(अग्नेश्वर महादेव मन्दिर) is the one of nearest(6km from S.T. Bus Stop), famous & natural place located on Natki River at Khanjapur (where most of people are with SATPUTE surname). Swami Vishwanandji Maharaj reconstruct the temple area.Swamiji is most popular in this area for Ayurveda medicines provide to patients. Mahashivratri, Gurupournima are most popular events celebrated in this temple.

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