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Saikade observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Patan mandal is Siddhivinayak Temple, Siddhatek. No temple of this dedication is on record within Saikade itself.
By population, Saikade ranks #107 of 313 villages in Patan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Saikade is a village of 892 people in 209 households (Census 2011) in Patan taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 107th-largest of 313 villages in Patan taluka. Literacy is 79%, 11 points above the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,046 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 415103, served by Kole (Satara) post office; the LGD village code is 564420. The sarpanch is suvarna udaysing more, and the village votes in Shrigonda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pachpute Vikram Babanrao. The population is estimated at 1,052 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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