'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Ladud observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Baglan mandal is The temple of Shringar Chavdi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Ladud itself.
By population, Ladud ranks #98 of 170 villages in Baglan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ladud is a village of 1,336 people in 170 households (Census 2011) in Baglan taluka, Nashik district, Maharashtra, the 98th-largest of 170 villages in Baglan taluka. Literacy is 74%, 9 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 939 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 423303, served by Jaikheda post office; the LGD village code is 550043. The village votes in Chalisgaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mangesh Ramesh Chavan. The population is estimated at 1,575 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ladud →
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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