District Profile · Maharashtra
Solapur
- Solapur
- Headquarters
- 43,17,756
- Population
- 14,895 km²
- Area
- Pune
- Region / Division
Famous for GI-tagged Solapuri chadars, cotton blankets woven on traditional powerlooms, plus a large tobacco and beedi trade. It sits in the semi-arid Deccan interior on the rain-shadow side of the Sahyadris.