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Neri observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Temples near Neri
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Kamptee mandal is Ram Mandir Devasthan - Wardha. No temple of this dedication is on record within Neri itself.
By population, Neri ranks #13 of 74 villages in Kamptee mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Neri is a village of 1,793 people in 418 households (Census 2011) in Kamptee taluka, Nagpur district, Maharashtra, the 13th-largest of 74 villages in Kamptee taluka. Literacy is 67%, 7 points below the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 883 women per 1,000 men. It lies 86 km from the Nagpur district centre, 9 km from Malegaon, the nearest town, 5 km from Khat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441104, served by Mauda post office; the LGD village code is 535757. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vinay Meshram Hospital, 9 km away. The village votes in Deoli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Bhaurao Bakane. The population is estimated at 2,114 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Neri →
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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