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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sanotsh Kumar M Dapkekar
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- LGD code
- 545465
- Pincode
- 431716
- Post office
- Jamb B K
- Population
- 3,270
- Households
- 629
- Literacy rate
- 57.8%
- Sex ratio
- 968 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,829
Census 2011 · in context
How Dabka Raja compares
By population, Dabka Raja ranks #16 of 135 villages in Mukhed mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.8%
−4.1% vs mandal average
Dabka Raja57.8%
Mukhed mandal61.9%
Nanded district65.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
968
+25 vs mandal average
Dabka Raja968
Mukhed mandal943
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.3 vs mandal average
Dabka Raja5.2
Mukhed mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dabka Raja at a glance
Dabka Raja is a village of 3,270 people in 629 households (Census 2011) in Mukhed taluka, Nanded district, Maharashtra, the 16th-largest of 135 villages in Mukhed taluka. Literacy is 58%, 4 points below the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 431716, served by Jamb B K post office; the LGD village code is 545465. The sarpanch is Sanotsh Kumar M Dapkekar, and the village votes in Loha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar. The population is estimated at 3,855 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dabka Raja
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MUKHED
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 95
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,303.17
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,008
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dabka Raja
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Key facts — Dabka Raja
- LGD code
- 545465
- Pincode
- 431716
- Post office
- Jamb B K
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,270
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,855
- Households
- 629
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 968
- Literacy rate
- 57.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Latur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Loha
- Member of Parliament
- Shivaji Kalge
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sanotsh Kumar M Dapkekar
- Block / Mandal
- Mukhed
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)