He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Sulwade observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Sindkhede mandal is Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Putala Dangurne. No temple of this dedication is on record within Sulwade itself.
By population, Sulwade ranks #82 of 141 villages in Sindkhede mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sulwade is a village of 1,202 people in 218 households (Census 2011) in Sindkhede taluka, Dhule district, Maharashtra, the 82nd-largest of 141 villages in Sindkhede taluka. Literacy is 67%, 2 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 864 women per 1,000 men. It lies 81 km from the Dhule district centre, 22 km from Prakasha, the nearest town, 30 km from Ranala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 425406, served by Shindkheda post office; the LGD village code is 526153. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Mhasawad, 5 km away. The village votes in Sindkheda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayakumar Rawal. The population is estimated at 1,417 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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