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Kailasnagar observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Temples near Kailasnagar
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Sakri mandal is Shri Veshweshwar Mahadev Mandir, Mhasadi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kailasnagar itself.
By population, Kailasnagar ranks #208 of 222 villages in Sakri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kailasnagar is a village of 530 people in 115 households (Census 2011) in Sakri taluka, Dhule district, Maharashtra, the 208th-largest of 222 villages in Sakri taluka. Literacy is 33%, 21 points below the taluka average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,265 women per 1,000 men. It lies 268 km from the Dhule district centre, 12 km from Nandiwali Tarf Pachanand, the nearest town, 1 km from Bhivandi Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 424304, served by Sakri (Dhule) post office; the LGD village code is 526382. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shushrusha Hospital, Thane, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Nandubai Kamlakar Sabale, and the village votes in Dhule Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghavendra (Ramdada) Manohar Patil. The population is estimated at 625 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kailasnagar · this village | 530 | 33% | — |
| Kailasnagar · Umarkhed | 1,224 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Kailasnagar · Junnar | — | — | 0 km N |
| Kailasnagar · Junnar | — | — | 0 km N |
| Kailasnagar · Bhiwandi | 707 | 74% | 0 km N |
| Val · Bhiwandi | 1,487 | 81% | 1.3 km S |
| Dapode · Bhiwandi | 3,026 | 76% | 1.8 km SE |
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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