He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Divil observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Poladpur mandal is Tukai Mata Mandir Yavat. No temple of this dedication is on record within Divil itself.
By population, Divil ranks #6 of 86 villages in Poladpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Divil is a village of 999 people in 222 households (Census 2011) in Poladpur taluka, Raigad district, Maharashtra, the 6th-largest of 86 villages in Poladpur taluka. Literacy is 75%, 9 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,026 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 402303, served by Poladpur post office; the LGD village code is 555152. The village votes in Purandar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijaybapu Shivtare. The population is estimated at 1,178 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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.
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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