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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Darshna Dinesh Patil
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- LGD code
- 553908
- Pincode
- 402107
- Post office
- Pen
- Population
- 1,014
- Households
- 268
- Literacy rate
- 57.6%
- Sex ratio
- 984 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 476
- Distance to district centre
- 107 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 169 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 44 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 588 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pen · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Niramay Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhavate compares
By population, Dhavate ranks #61 of 167 villages in Pen mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.6%
−8.2% vs mandal average
- Dhavate
- 57.6%
- Pen mandal
- 65.8%
- Raigad district
- 73.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
984
+19 vs mandal average
- Dhavate
- 984
- Pen mandal
- 965
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Dhavate
- 3.8
- Pen mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhavate at a glance
Dhavate is a village of 1,014 people in 268 households (Census 2011) in Pen taluka, Raigad district, Maharashtra, the 61st-largest of 167 villages in Pen taluka. Literacy is 58%, 8 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 107 km from the Raigad district centre, 47 km from Nilaje, the nearest town, 2 km from Pen railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 402107, served by Pen post office; the LGD village code is 553908. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre, bank. The sarpanch is Darshna Dinesh Patil, and the village votes in Shirdi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patil Vikhe Radhakrushna Eknathrao. The population is estimated at 1,196 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhavate
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PEN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 2
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 205
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 75
- Forest area (ha)
- 95
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhavate
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhavate
- LGD code
- 553908
- Pincode
- 402107
- Post office
- Pen
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,014
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,196
- Households
- 268
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 984
- Literacy rate
- 57.6%
- Coordinates
- 18.74095°N, 73.10721°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shirdi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shirdi
- Member of Parliament
- Bhausaheb Wakchaure
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patil Vikhe Radhakrushna Eknathrao
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Darshna Dinesh Patil
- Block / Mandal
- Pen
- Nearest PHC
- Trimurti Clinic (0.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dhavate
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai44 kmcapital
- Hyderabad588 km
- Bengaluru801 km
- Chennai991 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPen2 km
- Bus stopVavoshi13 km
- Hospital / PHCNiramay Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankIndian Overseas Bank2 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum1 km
- CollegeJSM College27 km
- Police stationKhopoli Police Station25 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Niramay Hospitalunder 1 km
- Petrol pump
- Hindustan Petroleum1.4 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
- ✓ Bank
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)