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Alegaon observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Daund mandal is Shree Ganesh Mandir, Navgan Rajuri, Beed. No temple of this dedication is on record within Alegaon itself.
By population, Alegaon ranks #97 of 98 villages in Daund mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Alegaon is a village of 548 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Daund taluka, Pune district, Maharashtra, the 97th-largest of 98 villages in Daund taluka. Literacy is 70%, 2 points above the taluka average of 68% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 413801, served by Daund post office; the LGD village code is 556406. The village votes in Beed assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Ravindra Kshirsagar. The population is estimated at 646 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Alegaon →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alegaon · this village | 548 | 70% | — |
| Kadamwasti · Daund | 2,178 | 72% | — |
| Daund · Daund | — | — | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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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