He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Khutal observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Wada mandal is Lakshmi Mata Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Khutal itself.
By population, Khutal ranks #116 of 168 villages in Wada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khutal is a village of 549 people in 99 households (Census 2011) in Wada taluka, Palghar district, Maharashtra, the 116th-largest of 168 villages in Wada taluka. Literacy is 50%, 11 points below the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,011 women per 1,000 men. It lies 114 km from the Palghar district centre, 36 km from Arnala, the nearest town, 21 km from Palghar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 421303, served by Wada post office; the LGD village code is 552013. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shreenath Clinic, 4 km away. The sarpanch is PALLAVI PUNDALIK GOVARI, and the village votes in Shirdi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patil Vikhe Radhakrushna Eknathrao. The population is estimated at 647 in 2026, up 18% 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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