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Terwan 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 Terwan itself.
By population, Terwan ranks #40 of 60 villages in Dodamarg mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Terwan is a village of 322 people in 111 households (Census 2011) in Dodamarg taluka, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, the 40th-largest of 60 villages in Dodamarg taluka. Literacy is 57%, 19 points below the taluka average of 75% and the sex ratio is 1,516 women per 1,000 men. It lies 128 km from the Sindhudurg district centre, 7 km from Naganur, the nearest town, 22 km from Pachhapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416549, served by Konalkatta Colony post office; the LGD village code is 566947. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hattarki Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Chandgad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shivaji Shattupa Patil. The population is estimated at 380 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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