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Pur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Temples near Pur
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Khed mandal is Shri Ramkrushna Kshirsagar Maharaj Smruti Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pur itself.
By population, Pur ranks #90 of 183 villages in Khed mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pur is a village of 1,247 people in 258 households (Census 2011) in Khed taluka, Pune district, Maharashtra, the 90th-largest of 183 villages in Khed taluka. Literacy is 68%, about the same as the taluka average of 68% and the sex ratio is 964 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Pune district centre, 22 km from Vambori, the nearest town, 3 km from Ahmadnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 410505, served by Rajgurunagar post office; the LGD village code is 555814. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sankalp Hospital, <1 km away. The village votes in Ahmednagar City assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangram Arunkaka Jagtap. The population is estimated at 1,470 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pur →
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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