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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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- LGD code
- 555680
- Pincode
- 412402
- Post office
- Vada (Pune)
- Population
- 932
- Households
- 222
- Literacy rate
- 57.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1044 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 602
Census 2011 · in context
How Kharoshi compares
By population, Kharoshi ranks #111 of 183 villages in Khed mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.3%
−10.9% vs mandal average
- Kharoshi
- 57.3%
- Khed mandal
- 68.2%
- Pune district
- 76.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,044
+124 vs mandal average
- Kharoshi
- 1,044
- Khed mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Kharoshi
- 4.2
- Khed mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharoshi at a glance
Kharoshi is a village of 932 people in 222 households (Census 2011) in Khed taluka, Pune district, Maharashtra, the 111th-largest of 183 villages in Khed taluka. Literacy is 57%, 11 points below the taluka average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,044 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 412402, served by Vada (Pune) post office; the LGD village code is 555680. The village votes in Ahmednagar City assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangram Arunkaka Jagtap. The population is estimated at 1,099 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kharoshi
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- ALANDI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 77
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 737
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 162.48
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kharoshi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kharoshi
- LGD code
- 555680
- Pincode
- 412402
- Post office
- Vada (Pune)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 932
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,099
- Households
- 222
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1044
- Literacy rate
- 57.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ahmednagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ahmednagar City
- Member of Parliament
- Nilesh Lanke
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sangram Arunkaka Jagtap
- Block / Mandal
- Khed
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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)