'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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Samdoli observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Samdoli ranks #10 of 65 villages in Miraj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Samdoli is a village of 8,614 people in 1,870 households (Census 2011) in Miraj taluka, Sangli district, Maharashtra, the 10th-largest of 65 villages in Miraj taluka. Literacy is 76%, 2 points above the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 967 women per 1,000 men. It lies 88 km from the Sangli district centre, 12 km from Udagaon, the nearest town, 9 km from Madhavnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416415, served by Willingdon College Sangli post office; the LGD village code is 568702. The nearest hospital or health centre is Tamboli Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Sangole assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Babasaheb Deshmukh. The population is estimated at 10,156 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Samdoli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samdoli · this village | 8,614 | 76% | — |
| Kavathe Piran · Miraj | 9,206 | 78% | 3.7 km NW |
| Mouje Digraj · Miraj | 4,993 | 73% | 5.9 km NE |
| Padmale · Miraj | 2,692 | 80% | 5.8 km NE |
| Tung · Mawal | 958 | 64% | 7.1 km N |
| Tung · Miraj | 6,148 | 73% | 7.1 km N |
| Sukhwadi · Palus | 1,257 | 75% | 8.1 km N |
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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