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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gurusharan Sambhaji Pawar
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- LGD code
- 563602
- Pincode
- 415512
- Post office
- Pusesawali
- Population
- 1,139
- Households
- 256
- Literacy rate
- 76.9%
- Sex ratio
- 883 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 460
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 259 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 363 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jeur · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shete Maternity Hospital & Laparoscopy Centre · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pargaon compares
By population, Pargaon ranks #75 of 140 villages in Khatav mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.9%
+4.8% vs mandal average
Pargaon76.9%
Khatav mandal72.1%
Satara district74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
883
−129 vs mandal average
Pargaon883
Khatav mandal1,012
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
Pargaon4.4
Khatav mandal4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pargaon at a glance
Pargaon is a village of 1,139 people in 256 households (Census 2011) in Khatav taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 75th-largest of 140 villages in Khatav taluka. Literacy is 77%, 5 points above the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 883 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Satara district centre, 6 km from Borgaon, the nearest town, 28 km from Jeur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 415512, served by Pusesawali post office; the LGD village code is 563602. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shete Maternity Hospital & Laparoscopy Centre, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Gurusharan Sambhaji Pawar , and the village votes in Karmala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil. The population is estimated at 1,343 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pargaon
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 1
- 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)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 588.44
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 194.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pargaon
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pargaon
- LGD code
- 563602
- Pincode
- 415512
- Post office
- Pusesawali
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,139
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,343
- Households
- 256
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 883
- Literacy rate
- 76.9%
- Coordinates
- 18.49600°N, 75.26077°E
- 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
- Gurusharan Sambhaji Pawar
- Block / Mandal
- Khatav
Getting there
How to reach Pargaon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai259 kmcapital
- Hyderabad363 km
- Bengaluru663 km
- Chennai806 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJeur28 km
- Bus stopSade Bus Stop24 km
- Hospital / PHCShete Maternity Hospital & Laparoscopy Centre12 km
- ATM / bankBOI24 km
- CollegeITI COLLEGE INDAPUR48 km
- Police stationHighway Police56 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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