He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Kondhej observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Kondhej ranks #32 of 123 villages in Karmala mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kondhej is a village of 2,347 people in 527 households (Census 2011) in Karmala taluka, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 32nd-largest of 123 villages in Karmala taluka. Literacy is 63%, 2 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. It lies 51 km from the Solapur district centre, 17 km from Nerle, the nearest town, 4 km from Jeur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413202, served by Jeur (Solapur) post office; the LGD village code is 561864. The nearest hospital or health centre is Geeta Hospital, 14 km away. The village votes in Karjat Jamkhed assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Pawar. The population is estimated at 2,767 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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