'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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Dahegaon observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Niphad mandal is kalayn pophle. No temple of this dedication is on record within Dahegaon itself.
By population, Dahegaon ranks #125 of 131 villages in Niphad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dahegaon is a village of 857 people in 163 households (Census 2011) in Niphad taluka, Nashik district, Maharashtra, the 125th-largest of 131 villages in Niphad taluka. Literacy is 68%, 4 points below the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 423104, served by Manmad post office; the LGD village code is 551345. The sarpanch is BHAGWAN SHIVAJI TIPAYALE, and the village votes in Phulambri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anuradha Chavan. The population is estimated at 3,311 in 2026, up 286% since the 2011 Census.
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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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