About Chandgad

Chandgad (Marathi: ) is a town and tehsil headquarters in Gadhinglaj subdivision of Kolhapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Jagrut Devastan Sri Ravalnath temple is located here. Chandgad is the southernmost taluka for Kolhapur district but for the This is a small town having a population of about 12000. This place is 110 km from Kolhapur but only 36 km from Belgaum City. Chandgad is located on the Belgaum-Vengurle state highway. Amboli hill station is only 32 km from Chandgad. People of Chandgad town and taluka are heavily reliant on Belgaum and Gadhinglaj cities for their day to day needs. Chandgad was formerly a part of Belgaum District. But during reorganization of Maharashtra state the entire taluka was merged into Kolhapur District. Famous places in this taluka are Fort Pargad, Tilari Dam, Swapnavel Point. The famous hill station and which is having maximum rain in Maharashtra named as Amboli is very close to Chandgad. Belgaum is the nearest Railhead for...