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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
- 553467
- Pincode
- 410221
- Post office
- Ongc Complex,panvel
- Population
- 346
- Households
- 78
- Literacy rate
- 89.6%
- Sex ratio
- 870 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 106
Census 2011 · in context
How Ashte compares
By population, Ashte ranks #140 of 158 villages in Panvel mandal.
Literacy rate
%
89.6%
+19.8% vs mandal average
- Ashte
- 89.6%
- Panvel mandal
- 69.8%
- Raigad district
- 73.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
870
−25 vs mandal average
- Ashte
- 870
- Panvel mandal
- 895
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Ashte
- 4.4
- Panvel mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ashte at a glance
Ashte is a village of 346 people in 78 households (Census 2011) in Panvel taluka, Raigad district, Maharashtra, the 140th-largest of 158 villages in Panvel taluka. Literacy is 90%, 20 points above the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 410221, served by Ongc Complex,panvel post office; the LGD village code is 553467. The village votes in Ambegaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dilip Dattatray Walse Patil. The population is estimated at 408 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kasal Khand →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashte · this village | 346 | 90% | — |
| Kasalkhand · Panvel | 1,166 | 74% | — |
| Ariwali · Panvel | 767 | 86% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ashte
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PANVEL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 155.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50.38
- Forest area (ha)
- 59.87
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ashte
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ashte
- LGD code
- 553467
- Pincode
- 410221
- Post office
- Ongc Complex,panvel
- Population (Census 2011)
- 346
- Population (projected 2026)
- 408
- Households
- 78
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 870
- Literacy rate
- 89.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shirur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ambegaon
- Member of Parliament
- Amol Kolhe
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dilip Dattatray Walse Patil
- Block / Mandal
- Panvel
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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)