He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Ekdare observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Akole mandal is khandobha temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Ekdare itself.
By population, Ekdare ranks #151 of 189 villages in Akole mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ekdare is a village of 647 people in 139 households (Census 2011) in Akole taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, the 151st-largest of 189 villages in Akole taluka. Literacy is 50%, 16 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,054 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 422601, served by Akole post office; the LGD village code is 557199. The sarpanch is Yogesh Bhaga Bhangare, and the village votes in Nevasa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vitthal Vakilrao Langhe. The population is estimated at 763 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ekdare →
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.
Centred on Akole mandal
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