'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Ashte observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Panvel mandal is Muktai Devi Temple Botarde. No temple of this dedication is on record within Ashte itself.
By population, Ashte ranks #140 of 158 villages in Panvel mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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 →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashte · this village | 346 | 90% | — |
| Kasalkhand · Panvel | 1,166 | 74% | — |
| Ariwali · Panvel | 767 | 86% | — |
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.
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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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