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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pradip Raghunath Shinde
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- LGD code
- 564571
- Pincode
- 415124
- Post office
- Vidyanagar Karad
- Population
- 2,106
- Households
- 432
- Literacy rate
- 74.8%
- Sex ratio
- 937 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 953
Census 2011 · in context
How Kese compares
By population, Kese ranks #79 of 216 villages in Karad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.8%
+0.5% vs mandal average
Kese74.8%
Karad mandal74.3%
Satara district74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
937
−37 vs mandal average
Kese937
Karad mandal974
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
Kese4.9
Karad mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kese at a glance
Kese is a village of 2,106 people in 432 households (Census 2011) in Karad taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 79th-largest of 216 villages in Karad taluka. Literacy is 75%, about the same as the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 937 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 415124, served by Vidyanagar Karad post office; the LGD village code is 564571. The sarpanch is Pradip Raghunath Shinde, and the village votes in Karmala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil. The population is estimated at 2,483 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kese
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- 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
- KARAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 62
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 402.18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 140.92
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kese
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kese
- LGD code
- 564571
- Pincode
- 415124
- Post office
- Vidyanagar Karad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,106
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,483
- Households
- 432
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 937
- Literacy rate
- 74.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karmala
- Member of Parliament
- Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pradip Raghunath Shinde
- Block / Mandal
- Karad
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)