Lead story
23
September 2026
newsSTATE
Women Farmers in India: Maharashtra’s Law and the Recognition Gap
Reported by Vajiram & Ravi.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Information not yet available
No sarpanch on record yet. Sign in to add it — verified residents publish it directly, others need one community vouch.
- LGD code
- 546316
- Pincode
- 431512
- Post office
- Basmathnagar
- Population
- 136
- Households
- 23
- Literacy rate
- 58.8%
- Sex ratio
- 889 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 81
- Distance to district centre
- 457 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 450 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 163 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 549 km
- Nearest railway station
- Anjani · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Fanasu · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rukhi compares
By population, Rukhi ranks #138 of 151 villages in Vasmath mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.8%
−6.5% vs mandal average
- Rukhi
- 58.8%
- Vasmath mandal
- 65.3%
- Hingoli district
- 67.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
889
−59 vs mandal average
- Rukhi
- 889
- Vasmath mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Rukhi
- 5.9
- Vasmath mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rukhi at a glance
Rukhi is a village of 136 people in 23 households (Census 2011) in Vasmath taluka, Hingoli district, Maharashtra, the 138th-largest of 151 villages in Vasmath taluka. Literacy is 59%, 7 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 889 women per 1,000 men. It lies 457 km from the Hingoli district centre, 11 km from Anjani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 431512, served by Basmathnagar post office; the LGD village code is 546316. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Fanasu, 3 km away. The village votes in Basmath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandrakant Alias Rajubhaiya Ramakant Navghare. The population is estimated at 160 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ranjana →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 2/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch nameWho leads the gram panchayat today
- Panchayat contactA number residents can call
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rukhi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BASMATH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 63
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 175.77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 146
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rukhi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rukhi
- LGD code
- 546316
- Pincode
- 431512
- Post office
- Basmathnagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 136
- Population (projected 2026)
- 160
- Households
- 23
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 889
- Literacy rate
- 58.8%
- Coordinates
- 17.67459°N, 73.31751°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 Rukhi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai163 kmcapital
- Hyderabad549 km
- Bengaluru695 km
- Chennai903 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAnjani11 km
- Bus stopRajvel bus stop7 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Fanasu3 km
- ATM / bankBank of Maharashtra16 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum12 km
- CollegeSahyadri College of Hotel Management39 km
- Police stationPoladpur Police station38 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 431512
Same name, different place
Other villages named Rukhi
Looking for a different Rukhi? 1 other village shares this name across India. All villages named Rukhi →
Villages near Rukhi
Other villages in Vasmath mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)