District and Sessions Court Sindhudurg

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Sindhudurg District is a southern part of Konkan region, situated between Arebian Sea and Sahyadri Mountain. On 1st May, 1981 a separate new District Sindhudurg came to be established after carving of 6 talukas i.e. Kudal, Vengurla, Sawantwadi, Malvan, Kankavli and Devgad from the original District Ratnagiri. Lateron 2 Talukas viz. Vaibhavwadi and Dodamarg came to be attached to District Sindhudurg. As such, at present there are 8 Talukas in Sindhudurg District. Average length of the District in North - South direction is about 130 km. where as average width in East - West direction is about 40 km.

Sindhudurg District surrounded by the District Kolhapur on East side, District Ratnagiri on North Side, Goa State on south side, on west Arebian Sea, Distrct Sindhudurg has 127 k.m. coastal area. On East there are ranges of Sahyadri Mountain. In the said mountain range, there are 4 big mountain passes commonly known as Ghat. They are viz. Karul, Fonda, Amboli and Bhuibawada.

The District and Sessions Court, Sindhudurg is started from 27th January 1997 at Oros. Oros is a centrally situated village in taluka Kudal, is selected as District Hearquarters. Though, Sindhudurg District is established in the year 1981, a separate[...]