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Tamthre 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 Tamthre itself.
By population, Tamthre ranks #33 of 141 villages in Sindkhede mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tamthre is a village of 2,364 people in 470 households (Census 2011) in Sindkhede taluka, Dhule district, Maharashtra, the 33rd-largest of 141 villages in Sindkhede taluka. Literacy is 60%, 5 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Dhule district centre, 19 km from Kapadne, the nearest town, 16 km from Sindkheda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 425407, served by Chimthana post office; the LGD village code is 526235. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Songir, 14 km away. The sarpanch is xyz, and the village votes in Sindkheda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayakumar Rawal. The population is estimated at 2,787 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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