Karad

Karad Yashwantnagari
City
Karad
Karad Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 17°17′06″N 74°11′02″E / 17.285°N 74.184°E / 17.285; 74.184
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Satara
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Karad Municipal Council
• MP	Shriniwas Patil (Nationalist Congress Party)
Elevation	670 m (2,200 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	855 00(town + surrounding areas) 117,221 (including Malkapur)
Demonym	Karadkar
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	415110
Telephone code	2164
Vehicle registration	MH-50

Karad is a town in Satara district of Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located 302 km (180.19 miles) from Mumbai, 74 km from Sangli and 162 km from Pune. It lies at the confluence of Koyna River and the Krishna River known as the "Pritisangam". The two rivers originate at Mahabaleshwar, which is around 100 km from Karad. Karad is well known for sugar production and is known as the sugar bowl of Maharashtra owing to the presence of many sugar factories in and around Karad. It is considered an important educational hub in Western Maharashtra due to the presence of many prestigious educational institutes.^[1] Karad is resting place of the first chief minister of Maharashtra Yashwantrao Chavan situated at the confluence of the Krishna and Koyana rivers. It is ranked as the cleanest town in Swachh Survekshan 2020 in the category of population with less than 1 lakh.^[2][3]

Karad has an adjoining small town named Malkapur, Karad which has its own municipal council and a population of 86,671. Karad was awarded a prize under "Sant Gadagebaba Gramswachhata Abhiyan" started by Indian Government.