Chiplun
Location of Chiplun
Location	17.53° N 73.52° E
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri district
Mayor	Mrs. Usha Lavekar
Altitude	10.76 metres
Area	? km²
Population (2001)	60,000
Density	?/km²
Codes   • Postal   • Telephone   • Vehicle	415605 +02355 MH-08
Time zone	IST (UTC +5:30)

Chiplun railway station

Chiplun is situated on the banks of the Vashisti River

Bahadur Sheik Naka in Chiplun

Chiplun (population 60,000) is a city on the Mumbai–Goa highway (NH-17) in western India. It is located at 17°32′N 73°31′E. The city is about 320 km south of Mumbai in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. It is an industrial town catering to mostly the top pharmaceutical and chemical industries. It is a major stop on the Konkan Railway. Image File history File links WikiprojectIndiacities_chiplun. ... India is subdivided into 28 states, 6 union territories and a national capital territory. ... Maharashtra (Devanagari: महाराष्ट्र, literally: Great Nation) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... The divisions of a district. ... Ratnagiri is a district in Maharashtra, India. ... ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... -1... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Time zones are areas of the Earth that have adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time zone for India. ... Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time or Z, is an atomic realization of Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich Mean Time, the astronomical basis for civil time. ... Image File history File links Chiplun railway station. ... Image File history File links Chiplun railway station. ... Image File history File links River Vashisti, Chiplun, Maharashtra, India File links The following pages link to this file: Chiplun ... Image File history File links River Vashisti, Chiplun, Maharashtra, India File links The following pages link to this file: Chiplun ... Image File history File links Bahadur Sheik Naka, Chiplun, Maharashtra, India File links The following pages link to this file: Chiplun ... Image File history File links Bahadur Sheik Naka, Chiplun, Maharashtra, India File links The following pages link to this file: Chiplun ... Mumbai (Hindi / Marathi: मुंबई) (pronounced ), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India, with an estimated metropolitan population of about 12 million (2005). ... For other uses, see Goa (disambiguation). ... Maharashtra (Devanagari: महाराष्ट्र, literally: Great Nation) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ... Image:KR Tivim. ...

The name Chiplun means "The abode of Lord Parshuram". The city lies on the banks of the river Vashishti. To the east of the city lies the Western Ghats. To the west lies Guhagar Beach, about 50 km. The region is hilly and the city is situated in a valley. Region has extreme climate, cold in winter, very hot in summer and very wet. Winter temperatures dip to about 10 °C at night, but the chill factor makes it seem much lower. Summer days are extremely hot (above 38 °C). The rainy season — the monsoons last from June until October. The city is located at 10.76 m above sea level. The city is surrounded on all four sides by hills. River Vashishti is one of the larger rivers in the Konkan coast of Maharashtra, India. ... Enlarge this map of South India to see details about Western Ghats Nelliampathi mountains, Kerala A view from Ponmudi The Western Ghats or Sahyadri mountains (as they are known in the state of Maharashtra) run along the western edge of Indias Deccan Plateau, and separate the plateau from a... Monsoon in the Vindhya, a mountain chain in central India A monsoon is a periodic wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ...

The city has own drama theatre Indira Gandhi Sanskrutik Kendra.and stadium for games is being constructed. A municipal council looks after the civic needs of the city. United English school and D.B.J. college are the oldest education institute in the city catering the need for the taluka. There are a couple of English-medium schools in Chiplun including a Convent school Christ Jyoti Convent School. It also has an engineering college: Rajaram Shindé College of Engineering affiliated to the University of Mumbai, which is located a few kilometres outside the city. University of Mumbai The University of Mumbai is a university in of India. ...

Since the city is on a major National Highway, there are adequate accommodations, including hotels, motels and lodges including a five-star hotel — Quality Resort, The Riverview - Chiplun. It is also a junction for those travelling to the Enron (Dhabol) Power Project. The city links the western coast to the interior parts of Maharashtra, one of the few places in that region.

The main language spoken is Marathi although almost all the people can speak Hindi. Spoken English is a rarity in Chiplun although quite a few people can read the language. Marathi is one of the widely spoken languages of India, and has a long literary history. ... Hindi (हिन्दी hindī) an Indo-European language spoken mainly in North, Central, and Western India, is one of the national languages of India. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The biggest hotel in the area is Quality Resort, The Riverview - Chiplun located on the Mumbai-Goa highway and is the perfect stopover on the long drive to Goa. It is especially great destination for people from Mumbai and Pune.

Chiplun was severely devasted in the 2005 Maharashtra floods in which it received 300 mm of rain on 2005-07-25. Image from the Times of India The Maharashtra floods of 2005 refers to the flooding of many parts of the Indian state of Maharashtra including large areas of the metropolis of Mumbai (formerly Bombay), a city located on the coast of the Arabian Sea, on the western coast of India... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ...

Nearby Tourist Places

• Parshuram Temple
• Guhagar Beach
• Ganpatipulé
• Koyna Dam