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Ashti observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Temples near Ashti
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By population, Ashti ranks #1 of 97 villages in Partur mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ashti is a village of 14,020 people in 2,594 households (Census 2011) in Partur taluka, Jalna district, Maharashtra, the largest of 97 villages in Partur taluka. Literacy is 58%, about the same as the taluka average of 57% and the sex ratio is 967 women per 1,000 men. It lies 420 km from the Jalna district centre, 0 km from Ashti, the nearest town, 6 km from Dongri Buzurg railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 431507, served by Ashti (Jalna) post office; the LGD village code is 548093. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Bamhani, 3 km away. The village votes in Partur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Babanrao Dattatray Yadav (Lonikar). The population is estimated at 16,530 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ashti →
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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