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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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- LGD code
- 550020
- Pincode
- 423302
- Post office
- Taharabad
- Population
- 3,112
- Households
- 570
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,734
- Distance to district centre
- 149 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 122 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 213 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 605 km
- Nearest railway station
- Waghai · 45 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Dangsaundane · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Salher compares
By population, Salher ranks #23 of 170 villages in Baglan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.3%
−13.9% vs mandal average
- Salher
- 51.3%
- Baglan mandal
- 65.2%
- Nashik district
- 71.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+61 vs mandal average
- Salher
- 1,000
- Baglan mandal
- 939
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Salher
- 5.5
- Baglan mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salher at a glance
Salher is a village of 3,112 people in 570 households (Census 2011) in Baglan taluka, Nashik district, Maharashtra, the 23rd-largest of 170 villages in Baglan taluka. Literacy is 51%, 14 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 149 km from the Nashik district centre, 36 km from Samode, the nearest town, 45 km from Waghai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 423302, served by Taharabad post office; the LGD village code is 550020. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Dangsaundane, 15 km away. The village votes in Chalisgaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mangesh Ramesh Chavan. The population is estimated at 3,669 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Salher
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SATANA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 49
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 133
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 49
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 2,410
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,558
- Forest area (ha)
- 743
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Salher
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Key facts — Salher
- LGD code
- 550020
- Pincode
- 423302
- Post office
- Taharabad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,112
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,669
- Households
- 570
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Coordinates
- 20.71282°N, 73.92977°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jalgaon
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chalisgaon
- Member of Parliament
- Smita Wagh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mangesh Ramesh Chavan
- Block / Mandal
- Baglan
Getting there
How to reach Salher
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai213 kmcapital
- Hyderabad605 km
- Delhi939 km
- Bengaluru945 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationWaghai45 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Dangsaundane15 km
- ATM / bankBaroda Gujarat Gramin Bank24 km
- Petrol pumpFuel24 km
- Police stationSaputara Police Station24 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Salher
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Parshuram TempleTemple1.9 km ↗
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)