Pusegaon the centre for the team's studies is about 40 kms east of Satara [near the bottom of the first map / right] Satara is the principal town of the area and served by the main road and railway system leading south from Pune. Because of its good communications Satara was the hub for the project. Touch the map for a closer look.

Koregaon a small town which in the 1960's had an iron-works producing agricultural machinery is 18 kms east of Satara and Aundh once the capital of a small Princely State is 26 kms southeast of Satara. The team visited the schools, industrial works, cultural and religious centres of all three.

Pusegaon 17° 43´ 00 N / 74° 49´ 60 E Altitude 2670 feet / 813m on the Deccan - on the southwestern side of India. Population in 1960 approx 2500

Population in 2000 approx 9000 and over 30,000 in the surrounding area