Palasavade observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Kolhapur's Mahalaxmi, called Ambabai here, is counted among the Shakti Peethas, and Navaratri is the temple's fullest season. The same shrine is known for Kirnotsav, when the setting sun's rays fall directly along the sanctum onto the idol on a few fixed days of the year.
By population, Palasavade ranks #129 of 144 villages in Shahuwadi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palasavade is a village of 245 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Shahuwadi taluka, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, the 129th-largest of 144 villages in Shahuwadi taluka. Literacy is 60%, 3 points below the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,207 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 415101, served by Malkapur (Kolhapur) post office; the LGD village code is 567004. The village votes in Karad North assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manoj Bhimrao Ghorpade. The population is estimated at 289 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Virale →
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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