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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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- LGD code
- 526431
- Pincode
- 424306
- Post office
- Pimpalenr
- Population
- 2,180
- Households
- 476
- Literacy rate
- 65.9%
- Sex ratio
- 902 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,088
Census 2011 · in context
How Balhane compares
By population, Balhane ranks #59 of 222 villages in Sakri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.9%
+11.9% vs mandal average
- Balhane
- 65.9%
- Sakri mandal
- 54.0%
- Dhule district
- 63.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
902
−70 vs mandal average
- Balhane
- 902
- Sakri mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Balhane
- 4.6
- Sakri mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balhane at a glance
Balhane is a village of 2,180 people in 476 households (Census 2011) in Sakri taluka, Dhule district, Maharashtra, the 59th-largest of 222 villages in Sakri taluka. Literacy is 66%, 12 points above the taluka average of 54% and the sex ratio is 902 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 424306, served by Pimpalenr post office; the LGD village code is 526431. The village votes in Dhule Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghavendra (Ramdada) Manohar Patil. The population is estimated at 2,570 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balhane
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- 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
- DHULE
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 80
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 74
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 607.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 204.19
- Forest area (ha)
- 45.79
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balhane
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balhane
- LGD code
- 526431
- Pincode
- 424306
- Post office
- Pimpalenr
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,180
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,570
- Households
- 476
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 902
- Literacy rate
- 65.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhule
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhule Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Bachhav Shobha Dinesh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghavendra (Ramdada) Manohar Patil
- Block / Mandal
- Sakri
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- 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)