He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Narangwadi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Omarga mandal is Shree Datta Mandir Anand Puri Maharaj. No temple of this dedication is on record within Narangwadi itself.
By population, Narangwadi ranks #17 of 96 villages in Omarga mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Narangwadi is a village of 3,809 people in 880 households (Census 2011) in Omarga taluka, Dharashiv district, Maharashtra, the 17th-largest of 96 villages in Omarga taluka. Literacy is 66%, 1 points below the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. It lies 92 km from the Dharashiv district centre, 9 km from Killari, the nearest town, 45 km from Railway Reservation railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413606, served by Omerga post office; the LGD village code is 561682. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sagar Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Ausa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhimanyu Dattatray Pawar. The population is estimated at 4,491 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Narang Wadi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narangwadi · this village | 3,809 | 66% | — |
| Jawalga Bet · Omarga | 1,741 | 73% | 5.4 km SW |
| Nai Chakur · Omarga | 4,532 | 72% | 6.5 km E |
| Madaj · Omarga | 5,409 | 68% | 7.2 km S |
| Nadi Hattarga · Nilanga | 2,601 | 64% | 7.3 km N |
| Chincholi Rebe · Lohara | 680 | 74% | 9 km W |
| Killari · Ausa | 15,958 | 68% | 9.5 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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