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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Priyanka Yogesh Bondre
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- LGD code
- 563252
- Pincode
- 415522
- Post office
- Sakharwadi
- Population
- 1,507
- Households
- 292
- Literacy rate
- 75.8%
- Sex ratio
- 952 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 711
Census 2011 · in context
How Murum compares
By population, Murum ranks #72 of 121 villages in Phaltan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.8%
+5.0% vs mandal average
Murum75.8%
Phaltan mandal70.8%
Satara district74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
952
+15 vs mandal average
Murum952
Phaltan mandal937
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.3 vs mandal average
Murum5.2
Phaltan mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murum at a glance
Murum is a village of 1,507 people in 292 households (Census 2011) in Phaltan taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 72nd-largest of 121 villages in Phaltan taluka. Literacy is 76%, 5 points above the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 415522, served by Sakharwadi post office; the LGD village code is 563252. The sarpanch is Priyanka Yogesh Bondre, and the village votes in Ashti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dhas Suresh Ramchandra. The population is estimated at 1,777 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Murum
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Phaltan
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 575
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Murum
- LGD code
- 563252
- Pincode
- 415522
- Post office
- Sakharwadi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,507
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,777
- Households
- 292
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 952
- Literacy rate
- 75.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Beed
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ashti
- Member of Parliament
- Bajrang Sonwane
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dhas Suresh Ramchandra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Priyanka Yogesh Bondre
- Block / Mandal
- Phaltan
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- 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)