Kagal is a town lying in Kolhapur district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.During the rule of the Marathas and British, the town was the seat of a noble Ghatge Maratha family who were among the most important princely state of Kolhapur. Historically it is the birthplace of Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj. The Sahitya Academy Award winner Anand Yadav born in this city. Gopal Krishna Gokhale did his primary education at Kagal.