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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 554845
- Pincode
- 402110
- Post office
- Shriwardhan
- Population
- 1,143
- Households
- 298
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1281 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 554
- Distance to district centre
- 147 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 60 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 113 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 582 km
- Nearest railway station
- Goregaon Road · 30 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shrivardhan, Sub District Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhoste compares
By population, Bhoste ranks #15 of 77 villages in Shrivardhan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.7%
−4.8% vs mandal average
- Bhoste
- 66.7%
- Shrivardhan mandal
- 71.5%
- Raigad district
- 73.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,281
+87 vs mandal average
- Bhoste
- 1,281
- Shrivardhan mandal
- 1,194
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Bhoste
- 3.8
- Shrivardhan mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhoste at a glance
Bhoste is a village of 1,143 people in 298 households (Census 2011) in Shrivardhan taluka, Raigad district, Maharashtra, the 15th-largest of 77 villages in Shrivardhan taluka. Literacy is 67%, 5 points below the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,281 women per 1,000 men. It lies 147 km from the Raigad district centre, 30 km from Goregaon Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 402110, served by Shriwardhan post office; the LGD village code is 554845. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shrivardhan, Sub District Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Bhor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shankar Hiraman Mandekar. The population is estimated at 1,348 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhoste
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- SHRIVARDHAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 118
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 298
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 100
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhoste
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Key facts — Bhoste
- LGD code
- 554845
- Pincode
- 402110
- Post office
- Shriwardhan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,143
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,348
- Households
- 298
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1281
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Coordinates
- 18.06885°N, 73.04047°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Baramati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhor
- Member of Parliament
- Supriya Sule
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shankar Hiraman Mandekar
- Block / Mandal
- Shrivardhan
Getting there
How to reach Bhoste
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai113 kmcapital
- Hyderabad582 km
- Bengaluru748 km
- Chennai952 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGoregaon Road30 km
- Bus stopMhasla bus stand10 km
- Hospital / PHCShrivardhan, Sub District Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankIDBI29 km
- Petrol pumpHP Gas Station11 km
- Police stationMangaon police station32 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bhoste
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Kusmadevi MandirTemple2.4 km ↗
Same pincode
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- SaigaonShrivardhan mandal1,244 pop
- KunbiwadiShrivardhan mandal1,232 pop
- DevgharShrivardhan mandal1,118 pop
- MaralShrivardhan mandal975 pop
- NigadiShrivardhan mandal888 pop
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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)