•   Karad city witnessed at 65% growth from 2001 to 2011
•  The population in 2011 census was 3,35,000 the population of the city has been growing at a CAGR of 7%
•  The average literacy rate of Karad is close to 75%
•  SEC A & B are at 27% of total urban population 0.3 mn people have income in excess of Rs 2 lacks per annum.
•  Geographical location : Latitude & North Longitude and East
•   Area : District - 10484 Sq. Km.
•  Average Climate : Summer - April, May - Hot,35 deg Cell (Cool at night) Winter -December - January - very Cold Throughout the year mild
•  Rain tall : Heavy in western part of the district & less towards the north eastern part.
•  Languages used : Marath[ (Main), Hindi & English.
• Rivers : Krishna and Koyana

The work participation ratio of Karad is 34.0%. This ratio indicates the ratio of working population to total population [dependent populaton] For Karad WPR is [34%1 nearly equivalent to 1:2, which is an indication of greater probability of availability of disposable income.

Karad stands a close fourth in the list of top cities in Maharashtra on various parameters like the Socio — Economic Classification of population, disposable income of households and ownership of assets of households.

Karad City is an Industrial and Agricultural hub. There are five 'Industrial Zones' in the Karad area and outskirts — Dhebewadi [637 hectares], Maser [521 hectares], Rethare [587 hectores], Mal kapur & Kirloskarwadi. There are 35 Large Scale Industries and 906 Small Scale Industries present in Karad.

The city has a strong Agricultural, Dairy & Poultry base due to excellent supply market in Mumbai. In addition to staple products, Cotton, sugarcane, onions and Grapes are the key products. Due to these the Agri - processing industry is highly developed. The city is largest in Satara district and highest in the agriculture sector.

Key Features, Developements Influencing the local Exonomy

• Due to its ease in accessibility and connectivity from Mamba and Pune, IT/FES companies have being taking note of Karad as an alternative dust nation to set up their operations.
• A lot of new IT developments are taking place accentuating the commercial demand in the city and creating more employment and economic growth. A huge education complex of Agriculture College (Rahuri University, near Karad Airport) is being developed near Karad airport which will increase the human resource availability of the city.
• Two multi-product Special Economic Zones are coming up at Vanvvasmachi-MIDC Tasawde ( 10 Kms) away from Karad. The SEZ's are being developed by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation along with Central government of India. MIDC and each SEZ are expected to have a major impact on the local economy of Karad.

• Karad-Chiplun proposed railway project which is going to link Konkan railway with south central railway at Chiplun
• Airbus is considering setting up a JV with HAL for an international aircraft maintenance Facility.
• Re-establishment of air connectivity with Mumbai from Karad airport
• Development of Multi-product SEZs in over 350 Hectares by India bulls at Karad.

• The residential sector is migrating from traditional bunglow type constructions to apartment complexes. Average size of ongoing developments is 50 units project with a rate of around Rs 3000 - 4500 per sqft
• Malkapur Road, Vidyanagar, Wakhan Road area, Banpunkar Colony etc are the prime upper and Higher middle class residential areas of Karad city while Agashivnagar, Ganesh Colony, Sadguru Nagar, Dhebewadi Road, Patan Road etc are the prime Higher Middle Class residential area developed beetween Karad city and Karad-Kolhapur Road (NH4).Whereas Dattamandir Road, Shaniwar Peth (main Market), Shivaji Stadium area etc are upper and Higher middle class residential areas of Karad city.
• Good residential zones have also developed on Karad-Vidyanagar-Ogalewadi Road.
• Karad-Tasgaon-Sangli Road is also a fastest emerging residential areas.