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Phondye observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Dodamarg mandal is Wakadaai mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Phondye itself.
By population, Phondye ranks #53 of 60 villages in Dodamarg mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Phondye is a village of 31 people in 9 households (Census 2011) in Dodamarg taluka, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, the 53rd-largest of 60 villages in Dodamarg taluka. Literacy is 94%, 18 points above the taluka average of 75% and the sex ratio is 1,067 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 416511, served by Banda (Sindhudurg) post office; the LGD village code is 566933. The village votes in Chandgad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shivaji Shattupa Patil. The population is estimated at 37 in 2026, up 19% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Adali →
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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