He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Devkhol observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Shrivardhan mandal is Maruti Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Devkhol itself.
By population, Devkhol ranks #72 of 77 villages in Shrivardhan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devkhol महाराष्ट्र के रायगढ़ जिले के Shrivardhan तालुका में 158 लोगों 44 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो Shrivardhan तालुका के 77 गांवों में 72वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 59% है, जो तालुका औसत 72% से 13 अंक कम है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 1,772 महिलाएं। पिनकोड 402404 है, Diveagar डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 554828 है। सरपंच GRAMPANCHAYAT NAGALOLI हैं, और गांव Bhor विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Shankar Hiraman Mandekar हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 186 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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