User talk:Maqsood Chilwan

Saitavde (Ratnagiri)
Saitavde, or Saitawada, is a small village on the Jaigad creek in Ratnagiri district. It is about 390 km southwest of Mumbai, and about 58 km to the north of Ratnagiri city.

Geography
Saitavde is located at 17.28°N 73.28°E.

The entire northern part of the village overlooks the Shastri River, while the southern portion is surrounded by hills; therefore, giving it a scenic valley-look.

Demographics
Saitavde is spread over 5.44 sq km. The total population of Saitavde is around 3067, with about 692 households.

It is divided into four mohallas: Borsai, Khatib, Gumbad and Peth, each having its own society governing it.


 * Language: Kokani, Marathi
 * Food: Staple diet consists of rice, wheat
 * STD code: 02357
 * PIN code: 415613

Climate
The climate is tropical with 3 main seasons:
 * Summers (March to May) are hot with maximum temperature nearly touching 38°C.
 * Monsoons (June to September) are accompanied by regular rainfalls and looks attractive during this season.
 * Winters (December to February) are pleasant with moderate day temperature and cool nights (15°C).

Saitavde receives an annual rainfall of 3500 mm approx.

Overall, the climate is healthy and pure since there are no industries/factories near by.

Agriculture
The terrain is very hilly, providing little scope for agriculture. However, the area in and around Saitavde has numerous mango trees – the most famous variety of these being the ‘Payri’. The Payri is the second largest commercial variety of mango in the Konkan region, and can sometimes be more expensive than the Hapoos (Alphonso).

Other trees like coconut, cashew nut, jackfruit can also be found here.

Festivals
As the population is predominantly Muslim, the two main festivals celebrated here are Eid-al-Fitr and Eid-al-Adha.

How to Reach
--Maqsood Chilwan (talk) 15:02, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with File:Saitavde.JPG
Thanks for uploading File:Saitavde.JPG. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:
 * Image use policy
 * Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by STBotI. For assistance on the image use policy, see Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 06:12, 12 April 2009 (UTC)