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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 546275
- Pincode
- 431513
- Post office
- Hingoli
- Population
- 982
- Households
- 217
- Literacy rate
- 62.3%
- Sex ratio
- 914 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 573
- Distance to district centre
- 49 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 32 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 424 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 278 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pingli · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital Hatta · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhaulgaon compares
By population, Dhaulgaon ranks #86 of 151 villages in Vasmath mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.3%
−3.0% vs mandal average
- Dhaulgaon
- 62.3%
- Vasmath mandal
- 65.3%
- Hingoli district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
914
−34 vs mandal average
- Dhaulgaon
- 914
- Vasmath mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Dhaulgaon
- 4.5
- Vasmath mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhaulgaon at a glance
Dhaulgaon is a village of 982 people in 217 households (Census 2011) in Vasmath taluka, Hingoli district, Maharashtra, the 86th-largest of 151 villages in Vasmath taluka. Literacy is 62%, 3 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. It lies 49 km from the Hingoli district centre, 34 km from Kurunda, the nearest town, 19 km from Pingli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 431513, served by Hingoli post office; the LGD village code is 546275. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital Hatta, 7 km away. The village votes in Basmath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandrakant Alias Rajubhaiya Ramakant Navghare. The population is estimated at 1,158 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhaulgaon
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PARBHANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 84
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 460
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 118
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhaulgaon
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhaulgaon
- LGD code
- 546275
- Pincode
- 431513
- Post office
- Hingoli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 982
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,158
- Households
- 217
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 914
- Literacy rate
- 62.3%
- Coordinates
- 19.38678°N, 76.90356°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hingoli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Basmath
- Member of Parliament
- Nagesh Aashtikar Patil
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandrakant Alias Rajubhaiya Ramakant Navghare
- Block / Mandal
- Vasmath
Getting there
How to reach Dhaulgaon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai424 kmcapital
- Hyderabad278 km
- Bengaluru717 km
- Chennai788 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPingli19 km
- Bus stopParbhani Bus Station20 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital Hatta7 km
- ATM / bankJankalyan Sahakari Bank Parbhani18 km
- CollegeMatoshri College49 km
- Police stationPalam Police Station42 km
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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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)