Karkamb
Karkamb
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Karkamb is a village in
Demographics
In 2011, the village had 2,845 households and a population of 16398 (9,073males and 8,383 females).[1]
History
Karkamb is a well known historical place. The village has historical significance. Karkamb was a prominent part of the
Kankamba Devi Temple
Makdum Shah Baba Dargah
Each year a Fair (Urs or Urus or jatra) is arranged and celebrated in Karkamb, which is a symbol of
Notable landmarks
- Kankamba Devi Temple
- Makdum Shah Baba Tomb
- Lal Masoba
- Vijay Sugar
- Gajanan Bappa Sanjiwan Samadhi
- Sidhhanath temple
Economy
Karkamb's economy is primarily driven by agriculture. Grape processing factories and sugar factories are found in the area.
Karkamb is famous for grape production. Kanak Chaman a co-operative company established in 1985 made big changes to the economy in karkamb. They built India's first co-operative cold storage in Karkamb. It is enraguated by chief minister of maharashtra Mr Sharad Pawar. Karkamb grapes are exported to the Western and several Middle Eastern countries.
Nowadays Pomegranate orchards and its production is very large in Karkamb.
Transportation
Karkamb have important road connection on the Pandharpur-Tembhurni route. S.T Buses are passes from Pandharpur, Tembhurni and Solapur. Distance between Karkamb and Solapur is 78.6 km vie NH65 and 89.5 km vie NH204 (Tembhurni to Pandharpur) and NH65. Distance between Karkamb and Pandharpur is 22.0 km. Distance between Karkamb and Tembhurni is 26.5 km.
Education
Colleges and schools found in Karkamb include the following:
- Adarsh Prashala & Jr. College Karkamb
- Dayanand College Commities, Rambhau Joshi, High school, Karkamb
- New English School, Karkamb
- Galaxy English Medium School