‘Save every drop’: Why 1 village stays green as drought ravages Maharashtra
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Dhamori observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Dhamori ranks #115 of 127 villages in Nevasa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhamori is a village of 722 people in 141 households (Census 2011) in Nevasa taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, the 115th-largest of 127 villages in Nevasa taluka. Literacy is 73%, 5 points above the taluka average of 68% and the sex ratio is 885 women per 1,000 men. It lies 265 km from the Ahmednagar district centre, 12 km from Chakur, the nearest town, 13 km from Walgaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 414603, served by Nevasa post office; the LGD village code is 557698. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Wathoda Shukleshwar, 5 km away. The village votes in Badnapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kuche Narayan Tilakchand. The population is estimated at 851 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bahirwadi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhamori · this village | 722 | 73% | — |
| Dhamori · Bhatkuli | 2,085 | 78% | 0 km N |
| Dhamori · Kopargaon | 5,159 | 66% | 0 km N |
| Nindodi · Bhatkuli | 133 | 71% | 1.1 km NW |
| Bailmarkheda · Bhatkuli | 535 | 80% | 1.6 km N |
| Gaiwadi · Bhatkuli | 0 | — | 2 km S |
| Nawthal Bk · Bhatkuli | 181 | 71% | 2.2 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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