He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Morgaon observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Mohadi mandal is Hanuman Mandir, Nehru Ward. No temple of this dedication is on record within Morgaon itself.
By population, Morgaon ranks #83 of 107 villages in Mohadi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Morgaon is a village of 536 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Mohadi taluka, Bhandara district, Maharashtra, the 83rd-largest of 107 villages in Mohadi taluka. Literacy is 79%, 5 points above the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 881 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Bhandara district centre, 16 km from Bori, the nearest town, 9 km from Koka railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441909, served by Mohadi post office; the LGD village code is 536842. The nearest hospital or health centre is Yash Multi-Speciality Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Babita Shridhar uikey, and the village votes in Tumsar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Karemore Raju Manikrao. The population is estimated at 632 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mahalgaon →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgaon · this village | 536 | 79% | — |
| Mahalgaon · Mohadi | 745 | 77% | 0.9 km NE |
| Kanhalgaon · Mohadi | 1,277 | 77% | 1.8 km W |
| Chichkheda · Mohadi | 750 | 74% | 2.5 km SW |
| Pardi · Mohadi | 1,573 | 71% | 2.8 km SE |
| Mohadi · Mohadi | 6,635 | 78% | 2.7 km E |
| Sirsoli · Mohadi | 1,073 | 73% | 3 km W |
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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