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Malvadi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Phaltan mandal is श्री मोहटा देवी मंदिर. No temple of this dedication is on record within Malvadi itself.
By population, Malvadi ranks #63 of 121 villages in Phaltan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malvadi is a village of 1,707 people in 309 households (Census 2011) in Phaltan taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 63rd-largest of 121 villages in Phaltan taluka. Literacy is 61%, 10 points below the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Satara district centre, 25 km from Kada, the nearest town, 15 km from Amalner Bhandyache railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 415537, served by Adarki BK post office; the LGD village code is 563350. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Manik Daundi, 12 km away. The sarpanch is BAJIRAO TARADE , and the village votes in Ashti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dhas Suresh Ramchandra. The population is estimated at 2,013 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Malvadi →
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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