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- LGD code
- 537144
- Pincode
- 441806
- Post office
- Soundad
- Population
- 1,566
- Households
- 365
- Literacy rate
- 74.6%
- Sex ratio
- 936 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 873
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 782 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 437 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gond Umari · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Wangi · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nilaj compares
By population, Nilaj ranks #27 of 95 villages in Sakoli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.6%
+0.5% vs mandal average
Nilaj74.6%
Sakoli mandal74.1%
Bhandara district75.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
936
−37 vs mandal average
Nilaj936
Sakoli mandal973
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
Nilaj4.3
Sakoli mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nilaj at a glance
Nilaj is a village of 1,566 people in 365 households (Census 2011) in Sakoli taluka, Bhandara district, Maharashtra, the 27th-largest of 95 villages in Sakoli taluka. Literacy is 75%, about the same as the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Bhandara district centre, 27 km from Lakhani, the nearest town, 2 km from Gond Umari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441806, served by Soundad post office; the LGD village code is 537144. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Wangi, 3 km away. The village votes in Sakoli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nanabhau Falgunrao Patole. The population is estimated at 1,846 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nilaj
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Bhandara
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 90
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 341.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 46.74
- Forest area (ha)
- 81.03
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nilaj
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Nilaj
- LGD code
- 537144
- Pincode
- 441806
- Post office
- Soundad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,566
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,846
- Households
- 365
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 936
- Literacy rate
- 74.6%
- Coordinates
- 21.02205°N, 80.07564°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhandara-Gondiya
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sakoli
- Member of Parliament
- Prashant Padole
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nanabhau Falgunrao Patole
- Block / Mandal
- Sakoli
Getting there
How to reach Nilaj
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai782 kmcapital
- Hyderabad437 km
- Kolkata873 km
- Chennai883 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGond Umari2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Wangi3 km
- ATM / bankMARIA GROUPS ,Arjuni Morgaon23 km
- CollegeJ M Patel College - Department of Management47 km
- Police stationPolice Station50 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
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