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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 537477
- Pincode
- 441805
- Post office
- Dighori
- Population
- 888
- Households
- 199
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Sex ratio
- 930 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 508
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 753 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 409 km
- Nearest railway station
- Wadegaon · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Tawasi · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dharmapuri compares
By population, Dharmapuri ranks #55 of 88 villages in Lakhandur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.8%
−2.2% vs mandal average
- Dharmapuri
- 67.8%
- Lakhandur mandal
- 70.0%
- Bhandara district
- 75.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
930
−62 vs mandal average
- Dharmapuri
- 930
- Lakhandur mandal
- 992
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Dharmapuri
- 4.5
- Lakhandur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dharmapuri at a glance
Dharmapuri is a village of 888 people in 199 households (Census 2011) in Lakhandur taluka, Bhandara district, Maharashtra, the 55th-largest of 88 villages in Lakhandur taluka. Literacy is 68%, 2 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 930 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Bhandara district centre, 12 km from Nanded, the nearest town, 17 km from Wadegaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441805, served by Dighori post office; the LGD village code is 537477. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Tawasi, 6 km away. The village votes in Bhandara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhondekar Narendra Bhojraj. The population is estimated at 19,088 in 2026, up 2050% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dharmapuri
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Desaiganj
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 12
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 306.89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 34
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dharmapuri
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Key facts — Dharmapuri
- LGD code
- 537477
- Pincode
- 441805
- Post office
- Dighori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 888
- Population (projected 2026)
- 19,088
- Households
- 199
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 930
- Literacy rate
- 67.8%
- Coordinates
- 20.83904°N, 79.83700°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhandara-Gondiya
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhandara
- Member of Parliament
- Prashant Padole
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhondekar Narendra Bhojraj
- Block / Mandal
- Lakhandur
Getting there
How to reach Dharmapuri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai753 kmcapital
- Hyderabad409 km
- Chennai864 km
- Kolkata902 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationWadegaon17 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Tawasi6 km
- ATM / bankMARIA GROUPS ,Arjuni Morgaon19 km
- Petrol pumpPremsai Petrol Pump23 km
- CollegeVithobaji Amle College25 km
- Police stationPolice Station25 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)