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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
- 556589
- Pincode
- 412212
- Post office
- Velhe
- Population
- 293
- Households
- 79
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1078 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 199
Census 2011 · in context
How Vihir compares
By population, Vihir ranks #70 of 130 villages in Velhe mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.2%
−1.1% vs mandal average
- Vihir
- 66.2%
- Velhe mandal
- 67.3%
- Pune district
- 76.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,078
+96 vs mandal average
- Vihir
- 1,078
- Velhe mandal
- 982
Household size
people per home
3.7
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Vihir
- 3.7
- Velhe mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vihir at a glance
Vihir is a village of 293 people in 79 households (Census 2011) in Velhe taluka, Pune district, Maharashtra, the 70th-largest of 130 villages in Velhe taluka. Literacy is 66%, 1 points below the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,078 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 412212, served by Velhe post office; the LGD village code is 556589. The village votes in Shirur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dnyaneshwar Alias Mauli Aba Katke. The population is estimated at 345 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Vihir
- LGD code
- 556589
- Pincode
- 412212
- Post office
- Velhe
- Population (Census 2011)
- 293
- Population (projected 2026)
- 345
- Households
- 79
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1078
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shirur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shirur
- Member of Parliament
- Amol Kolhe
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dnyaneshwar Alias Mauli Aba Katke
- Block / Mandal
- Velhe
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- 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
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