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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 567325
- Pincode
- 416101
- Post office
- Jaysingpur
- Population
- 2,358
- Households
- 506
- Literacy rate
- 76.8%
- Sex ratio
- 895 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 865
- Distance to district centre
- 155 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 165 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 429 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 287 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kudgi · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jainapur compares
By population, Jainapur ranks #44 of 51 villages in Shirol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.8%
+2.6% vs mandal average
- Jainapur
- 76.8%
- Shirol mandal
- 74.2%
- Kolhapur district
- 72.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
895
−55 vs mandal average
- Jainapur
- 895
- Shirol mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.7
Same as the mandal average
- Jainapur
- 4.7
- Shirol mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jainapur at a glance
Jainapur is a village of 2,358 people in 506 households (Census 2011) in Shirol taluka, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, the 44th-largest of 51 villages in Shirol taluka. Literacy is 77%, 3 points above the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 895 women per 1,000 men. It lies 155 km from the Kolhapur district centre, 18 km from Managuli, the nearest town, 13 km from Kudgi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416101, served by Jaysingpur post office; the LGD village code is 567325. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Madha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhijeet Dhananjay Patil. The population is estimated at 2,780 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jainapur
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Jaysingpur
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 700.95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 360
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jainapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jainapur
- LGD code
- 567325
- Pincode
- 416101
- Post office
- Jaysingpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,358
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,780
- Households
- 506
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 895
- Literacy rate
- 76.8%
- Coordinates
- 16.53882°N, 75.93384°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Madha
- Member of Parliament
- Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abhijeet Dhananjay Patil
- Block / Mandal
- Shirol
- Nearest PHC
- Kumbhar Clinic (118.6 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Agran Dhulgaon (117.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Jainapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai429 kmcapital
- Hyderabad287 km
- Bengaluru435 km
- Chennai604 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKudgi13 km
- Bus stopNidagundi Bus Stand20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank ATM6 km
- CollegeAbhyudaya College Muddebihal29 km
- Police stationMuddebihal Police Station30 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Jainapur
1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🕌Jamiya MasjidMosque3.1 km ↗
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View all 52+ →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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)