Palus is a city and municipal council in sangli district. Palus is developed city in Sangli district. City have best industrial zone, steel firms, foundries and Precision Machine shop.
In Palus, Grapes production is also done on a very large scale and grapes of Palus are widely known. The grapes here are also sold abroad.
Grapes are grown here using new technologies and different methods.
Demographics
Palus taluka had a population of 164,909, entirely in rural areas. The sex ratio is 933 females per 1000 males and the literacy rate is 86.11%. 16,700 were under 6 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 11.15% and 0.71% of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 census, 94.27% of the population spoke Marathi and 2.93% Hindi as their first language.
Industrial zone, MIDC & other
The industrial zone of Palus produces foundry components. It is home to the Krishna Valley Wine Park, Krishna-verala spinningmills and a marketplace with hardware and construction shops.
India's second oldest industrial township kirloskarvadi is located in palus taluka.
Kirloskar Brothers is located about 4 kilometers from Palus. Corporations are located in Kirloskarvadi include Kirloskar Ebara Pumps limited (KEPL) , kirloskar brothers limited (KBL) and other steelwork firms.
Palus mini MIDC, palus
Sandgewadi (Palus) MIDC, palus
Famous Milk dairies in large scales
Valves and water pumps manufacturers, machine shops, foundries, cnc machine shops.
Grapes farming in large scale
Tiles and hardware markets are also in large scale
Hindustan petroleum corporation limited (HPCL) Gas bottling plant and gas and petrol supply unit, Hajarwadi (Bhilawadi railway station)
Education
Laxmanrao Kirloskar School & Junior College. Bharti vidyapeeth college of engineering. Bachpan play school Pandit Vishnu digambar school and college Arts, Commerce and Science College Palus Industrial training institute palus Shri Samarth English medium school Jawaharlal navodaya vidyalaya palus (JNV) PALUS. Takshila School And Many more schools, colleges, academies are situated in palus & surrounding area.
Attractive places to visit
Attractions in the Palus area include the
Samarth dhondiraj maharaj temple
Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
Grapes farm
Famous Milk dairies in large scale situated here you can be visit. Shreekshetra audumbar Krishna ghat, Bhilawadi Kundal forest academy by GOV OF MAHARASHTRA Hanuman temple, pundi Palus market the fair of palus is also very famous .
Hindustani classical vocalist Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (1872-1931) was born there.
Temples
Dhondiraj Maharaj Math/Mandir
H. Daval Malik (Baba) Dargah
Old Vitthal Temple
New Vitthal Temple
Shivling Temple
Nag Temple
Birudeo Temple
Hanuman Temple
Gram Daivat Padmavati Mandir
Ganpati temple palus colony, palus
Villages
The villages in the Tehsil include: Amanapur Andhali Ankalkhop Anugdewadi Audumbar Bambavade Bhilawadi Bramhanal Burli Burungwadi Chopdewadi Dahyari Dudhondi Ghogaon Hajarwadi Khandobachiwadi Khatav Kirloskarvadi Kundal Malwadi Morale Nagrale Nagthane Palus Pundi Tarf Walava Pundiwadi Ramanandnagar Sandgewadi Sandgewadi MIDC area Santgaon Sawantpur Shere Dudhondi Sukhwadi Surygaon Tavdarwadi Tupari Vitthalwadi Vasgade
Transport
Palus is served by the following transport infrastructure: By Air:- Kolhapur Airport is situated around 60 kilometers from Palus
Kirloskarvadi airstrip which is eligible for helicopters, small planes and jets.
By Rail :-
Kirloskarvadi Station (Palus) is the nearest railway station to Palus. This is located in The Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways.
Bhilawadi (Palus) railway station.