Lead story
29
September 2026
newsSTATE
He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
Reported by India Today.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Information not yet available
No sarpanch on record yet. Sign in to add it — verified residents publish it directly, others need one community vouch.
- LGD code
- 549632
- Pincode
- 422211
- Post office
- Surgana
- Population
- 770
- Households
- 180
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 442
Census 2011 · in context
How Dodipada compares
By population, Dodipada ranks #91 of 190 villages in Surgana mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.8%
+8.2% vs mandal average
Dodipada64.8%
Surgana mandal56.6%
Nashik district71.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
+45 vs mandal average
Dodipada1,048
Surgana mandal1,003
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.4 vs mandal average
Dodipada4.3
Surgana mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dodipada at a glance
Dodipada is a village of 770 people in 180 households (Census 2011) in Surgana taluka, Nashik district, Maharashtra, the 91st-largest of 190 villages in Surgana taluka. Literacy is 65%, 8 points above the taluka average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 422211, served by Surgana post office; the LGD village code is 549632. The village votes in Kannad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjana Jadhav. The population is estimated at 908 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mhaiskhadak →
Complete this village · 2/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch nameWho leads the gram panchayat today
- Panchayat contactA number residents can call
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dodipada
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NASHIK
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 119
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 119
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 424.26
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 182.92
- Forest area (ha)
- 209.04
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dodipada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dodipada
- LGD code
- 549632
- Pincode
- 422211
- Post office
- Surgana
- Population (Census 2011)
- 770
- Population (projected 2026)
- 908
- Households
- 180
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aurangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kannad
- Member of Parliament
- Sandipanrao Bhumre
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjana Jadhav
- Block / Mandal
- Surgana
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 422211
Same name, different place
Other villages named Dodipada
Looking for a different Dodipada? 1 other village shares this name across India. All villages named Dodipada →
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Dodipada
Other villages in Surgana mandal
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)