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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 562494
- Pincode
- 413113
- Post office
- Velapur
- Population
- 1,565
- Households
- 322
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 904 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 560
- Distance to district centre
- 285 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 357 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 470 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 364 km
- Nearest railway station
- Amanwadi · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Barshitakli · 21 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhanore compares
By population, Dhanore ranks #91 of 111 villages in Malshiras mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
−1.7% vs mandal average
- Dhanore
- 64.0%
- Malshiras mandal
- 65.7%
- Solapur district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
904
−22 vs mandal average
- Dhanore
- 904
- Malshiras mandal
- 926
Household size
people per home
4.9
Same as the mandal average
- Dhanore
- 4.9
- Malshiras mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanore at a glance
Dhanore is a village of 1,565 people in 322 households (Census 2011) in Malshiras taluka, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 91st-largest of 111 villages in Malshiras taluka. Literacy is 64%, 2 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 904 women per 1,000 men. It lies 285 km from the Solapur district centre, 21 km from Nashirabad, the nearest town, 8 km from Amanwadi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413113, served by Velapur post office; the LGD village code is 562494. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Barshitakli, 21 km away. The village votes in Indapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dattatraya Vithoba Bharane. The population is estimated at 1,845 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhanore
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- 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
- PANDHARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 112
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 492
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhanore
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhanore
- LGD code
- 562494
- Pincode
- 413113
- Post office
- Velapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,565
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,845
- Households
- 322
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 904
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Coordinates
- 20.39985°N, 77.14729°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Baramati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Indapur
- Member of Parliament
- Supriya Sule
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dattatraya Vithoba Bharane
- Block / Mandal
- Malshiras
- Nearest PHC
- Sudarshan Nursing Home (347.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dhanore
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai470 kmcapital
- Hyderabad364 km
- Bengaluru827 km
- Chennai879 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAmanwadi8 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Barshitakli21 km
- ATM / bankHDFC ATM36 km
- Petrol pumpHP34 km
- CollegeShahbabu High School & Jr. College22 km
- Police stationCity Kotwali38 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 413113
- VelapurMalshiras mandal17,082 pop
- NimgaonMalshiras mandal8,076 pop
- KhudusMalshiras mandal6,642 pop
- MaloliMalshiras mandal6,207 pop
- PisewadiMalshiras mandal4,286 pop
- KhandaliMalshiras mandal4,198 pop
- Dattanagar (Khandali)Malshiras mandal3,511 pop
- UghadewadiMalshiras mandal3,499 pop
- NewareMalshiras mandal2,978 pop
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Other villages in Malshiras mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)