He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Pemdara observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Junnar mandal is Madhameshwar Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pemdara itself.
By population, Pemdara ranks #68 of 179 villages in Junnar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pemdara is a village of 1,714 people in 318 households (Census 2011) in Junnar taluka, Pune district, Maharashtra, the 68th-largest of 179 villages in Junnar taluka. Literacy is 64%, 10 points below the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 412212, served by Velhe post office; the LGD village code is 555392. The village votes in Nevasa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vitthal Vakilrao Langhe. The population is estimated at 2,021 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pemdarawadi →
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.
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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