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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Namrata Nitin Mohite
Contact: 95****6043
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- LGD code
- 565287
- Pincode
- 415701
- Post office
- Rampur (Ratnagiri)
- Population
- 1,124
- Households
- 257
- Literacy rate
- 72.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1007 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 557
Census 2011 · in context
How Devkherki compares
By population, Devkherki ranks #77 of 164 villages in Chiplun mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.4%
−1.9% vs mandal average
Devkherki72.4%
Chiplun mandal74.3%
Ratnagiri district74.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,007
−89 vs mandal average
Devkherki1,007
Chiplun mandal1,096
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
Devkherki4.4
Chiplun mandal4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devkherki at a glance
Devkherki is a village of 1,124 people in 257 households (Census 2011) in Chiplun taluka, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, the 77th-largest of 164 villages in Chiplun taluka. Literacy is 72%, 2 points below the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 1,007 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 415701, served by Rampur (Ratnagiri) post office; the LGD village code is 565287. The sarpanch is Namrata Nitin Mohite, and the village votes in Baramati assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajit Anantrao Pawar. The population is estimated at 1,325 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Devkherki
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- Chiplun
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 119
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 551
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 174
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Devkherki
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Devkherki
- LGD code
- 565287
- Pincode
- 415701
- Post office
- Rampur (Ratnagiri)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,124
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,325
- Households
- 257
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1007
- Literacy rate
- 72.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Baramati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Baramati
- Member of Parliament
- Supriya Sule
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ajit Anantrao Pawar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Namrata Nitin Mohite
- Block / Mandal
- Chiplun
- Nearest railway station
- Nira (11.5 km)
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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
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)