'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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Bormali observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Barshitakli mandal is Black stone temple of Bhawani. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bormali itself.
By population, Bormali ranks #64 of 159 villages in Barshitakli mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bormali is a village of 779 people in 187 households (Census 2011) in Barshitakli taluka, Akola district, Maharashtra, the 64th-largest of 159 villages in Barshitakli taluka. Literacy is 71%, 3 points below the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,029 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Akola district centre, 17 km from Nashirabad, the nearest town, 4 km from Lohagad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 444401, served by Barshitakli post office; the LGD village code is 530451. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Barshitakli, 11 km away. The village votes in Murtizapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Harish Marotiappa Pimple. The population is estimated at 918 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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