'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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Sondoli 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, Sondoli ranks #27 of 144 villages in Shahuwadi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sondoli is a village of 1,933 people in 439 households (Census 2011) in Shahuwadi taluka, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, the 27th-largest of 144 villages in Shahuwadi taluka. Literacy is 70%, 6 points above the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,131 women per 1,000 men. It lies 67 km from the Kolhapur district centre, 34 km from Kameri, the nearest town, 36 km from Shenoli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416214, served by Sarud post office; the LGD village code is 567001. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Kokrud, 7 km away. The village votes in Karad North assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manoj Bhimrao Ghorpade. The population is estimated at 2,279 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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