Located along the Panchganga River in Kolhapur District of Western Maharashtra lies, Ichalkaranji, a fast growing industrial city. With a booming textile industry comprising of about 1.25 lakh power looms, 25 spinning units, 175 sizing units with a daily turnover of Rs. 10 billion, it is popularly known as the ‘Manchester of Maharashtra’.

The city’s economy is also driven by the engineering goods manufacturing industry (which has been around since the 1950s). Several automotive component manufacturers have the plant’s in or around the city, who are vendors for companies such as: Maruti Udyog Ltd, Honda Motorcycle, Bajaj Auto, TVS Suzuki, Tata Motors, Kirloskar Brothers Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra, MICO.

Today, Ichalkaranji has transformed itself into an industrial hub. It was under the leadership of erstwhile ruler of Ichalkaranji, Shrimant Narayanrao Babasaheb Ghorpade that this transformation took its roots with establishment of the first power loom in the year 1904.

The Ichalkaranji Catchment area comprises of small villages Kabnoor, Shahapur, Yadrav etc . With a population looking to move into urban Ichalkaranji and growing income, Ichalkaranji offers immense potential for real estate development. There has been a spurt in residential and commercial development over the past decade offering varied options for potential customers to choose from. Over the past few years, this rapidly growing market has caught the eye of investors.

Ichalkaranji is poised to grow YoY due to the ever expanding textile industry, as demand for clothing continues to grow across the world. The growing number of restaurants, fine dining, cafes, multiplexes, sports facilities, Turfs of Ichalkaranji offer all amenities of a large city without the congestion and traffic snarls of the cities. The cultural diversity of the city offers a lively social scene for all age groups of individuals.