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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PALLAVI PUNDALIK GOVARI
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- LGD code
- 552013
- Pincode
- 421303
- Post office
- Wada
- Population
- 549
- Households
- 99
- Literacy rate
- 50.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1011 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 305
- Distance to district centre
- 114 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 151 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 71 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 637 km
- Nearest railway station
- Palghar · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shreenath Clinic · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khutal compares
By population, Khutal ranks #116 of 168 villages in Wada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.3%
−10.9% vs mandal average
- Khutal
- 50.3%
- Wada mandal
- 61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,011
+69 vs mandal average
- Khutal
- 1,011
- Wada mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Khutal
- 5.5
- Wada mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khutal at a glance
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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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khutal
- 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)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Palghar
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 105.89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 90.92
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khutal
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Key facts — Khutal
- LGD code
- 552013
- Pincode
- 421303
- Post office
- Wada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 549
- Population (projected 2026)
- 647
- Households
- 99
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1011
- Literacy rate
- 50.3%
- Coordinates
- 19.70933°N, 72.96729°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shirdi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shirdi
- Member of Parliament
- Bhausaheb Wakchaure
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patil Vikhe Radhakrushna Eknathrao
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PALLAVI PUNDALIK GOVARI
- Block / Mandal
- Wada
Getting there
How to reach Khutal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai71 kmcapital
- Hyderabad637 km
- Bengaluru897 km
- Chennai1072 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPalghar21 km
- Bus stopmastan naka5 km
- Hospital / PHCShreenath Clinic4 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank21 km
- Petrol pumpTembode Petrol Pump22 km
- CollegeNew Viva College33 km
- Police stationPolice chiwky15 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
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