Khatav

Khatav is a town and taluka (administrative division) located in the Phaltan subdivision of the Satara district, India. Khatav has a population of about 2,75,187.

Geography 
Khatav is situated to the south of the Satara district. Vaduj is the capital of the taluka, which is located 13 km south of Khatav. Khatav is surrounded by the Man, Karad, Phaltan and Koregaon talukas and Sangli district boundary. The taluka receives less rainfall than most and is categorised as a drought affected region.

History
Khatav is an ancient place in satara district, Situated at the spiritual edge of Yerala river. Khatav was prosperous town and market place in past. Khatav had a military base at the time of shivaji maharaj. Sarnobat Prataprao Gujar was native in bhosare village which village is adjacent to Khatav. Khatav have some of old damaged places still exist it need to preserve. In Khatav there are historical fortress still intact the past glory of town but now damaged. There are 3 to 4 ancient temples in Khatav town. Prime minister Narendra Modi's one of the most famous mentor named Lakshman Rao Madhav Rao Inamdar was native in Khatav. There are two parts of Khatav nowadays one is taluka territory name and another is main Khatav town name. Khatav division taluka capital is vaduj.

Towns in the taluka 
Vaduj is the main town of Khatav Taluka. Most government offices like Telecom(BSNL), State Bank of India (SBI), PWD, district court are located in Vaduj. This town has a population of around 21,000. 
Mayani is a well developed town in Khatav Taluka. All the facilities like education, hospitals, banking, market are present in this town.

Towns in Khatav taluka :-

Vaduj (Population - 21,500)
Mayani (Population - 13,500),
Pusegaon (Population - 11,000) 
Khatav (Population - 10,100)

Major villages :- (Population)

Nimsod - 7,700

Kaledhon - 7,600

Pusesawali - 6,500

Budh - 5,900

Chitali - 6,300

Kuroli - 5,500 

Aundh - 6,100

Ambavade - 5,100 

Katarkhatav - 4,500

Diskal - 4,660 

Lalgun - 4,400 

Mhasurne - 4,500

Visapur - 4,400

References 

Category:Cities and towns in Satara district
Category:Talukas in Maharashtra