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Punewadi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Temples near Punewadi
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Parner mandal is Kaal Bhairvnath Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Punewadi itself.
By population, Punewadi ranks #27 of 131 villages in Parner mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Punewadi is a village of 2,971 people in 682 households (Census 2011) in Parner taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, the 27th-largest of 131 villages in Parner taluka. Literacy is 60%, 8 points below the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. It lies 134 km from the Ahmednagar district centre, 5 km from Parner, the nearest town, 28 km from Ranjangaon Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 414302, served by Parner post office; the LGD village code is 558319. The nearest hospital or health centre is Auti Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Rahuri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kardile Shivaji Bhanudas. The population is estimated at 3,503 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Punewadi →
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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