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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 544922
- Pincode
- 431807
- Post office
- Umari
- Population
- 466
- Households
- 90
- Literacy rate
- 70.2%
- Sex ratio
- 983 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 211
- Distance to district centre
- 46 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 83 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 505 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 205 km
- Nearest railway station
- Umri · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Umari · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ganipur compares
By population, Ganipur ranks #57 of 62 villages in Umri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.2%
+10.1% vs mandal average
- Ganipur
- 70.2%
- Umri mandal
- 60.1%
- Nanded district
- 65.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
983
+23 vs mandal average
- Ganipur
- 983
- Umri mandal
- 960
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Ganipur
- 5.2
- Umri mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ganipur at a glance
Ganipur is a village of 466 people in 90 households (Census 2011) in Umri taluka, Nanded district, Maharashtra, the 57th-largest of 62 villages in Umri taluka. Literacy is 70%, 10 points above the taluka average of 60% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Nanded district centre, 26 km from Mudhole, the nearest town, 4 km from Umri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 431807, served by Umari post office; the LGD village code is 544922. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Umari, 5 km away. The village votes in Pusad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indranil Manohar Naik. The population is estimated at 549 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ganipur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Peth Umri
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 49
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 260
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 210
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ganipur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ganipur
- LGD code
- 544922
- Pincode
- 431807
- Post office
- Umari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 466
- Population (projected 2026)
- 549
- Households
- 90
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 983
- Literacy rate
- 70.2%
- Coordinates
- 19.05782°N, 77.68209°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal-Washim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pusad
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Deshmukh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indranil Manohar Naik
- Block / Mandal
- Umri
- Nearest bank
- State bank of India, Shembal Pimpri. (75.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Ganipur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai505 kmcapital
- Hyderabad205 km
- Bengaluru677 km
- Chennai720 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationUmri4 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Umari5 km
- ATM / bankAndhra Bank ATM30 km
- CollegeMatoshri College45 km
- Police stationPolice Station30 km
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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)