Lead story
30
September 2026
newsSTATE
‘Save every drop’: Why 1 village stays green as drought ravages Maharashtra
Reported by The Indian Express.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Information not yet available
No sarpanch on record yet. Sign in to add it — verified residents publish it directly, others need one community vouch.
- LGD code
- 562520
- Pincode
- 413306
- Post office
- Mahud
- Population
- 4,067
- Households
- 831
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Sex ratio
- 879 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,080
- Distance to district centre
- 89 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 50 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 284 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 359 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bohali · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shri Sai Hospital, Solapur · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mahim compares
By population, Mahim ranks #21 of 97 villages in Sangole mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.5%
+0.4% vs mandal average
Mahim62.5%
Sangole mandal62.1%
Solapur district67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
879
−57 vs mandal average
Mahim879
Sangole mandal936
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
Mahim4.9
Sangole mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahim at a glance
Mahim is a village of 4,067 people in 831 households (Census 2011) in Sangole taluka, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 21st-largest of 97 villages in Sangole taluka. Literacy is 63%, about the same as the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 879 women per 1,000 men. It lies 89 km from the Solapur district centre, 17 km from Velapur, the nearest town, 19 km from Bohali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413306, served by Mahud post office; the LGD village code is 562520. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shri Sai Hospital, Solapur, 7 km away. The village votes in Karmala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil. The population is estimated at 4,795 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mahim →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahim · this village | 4,067 | 63% | — |
| Jainwadi · Pandharpur | 2,265 | 73% | 5.6 km NE |
| Falawani · Malshiras | 4,051 | 61% | 6.9 km W |
| Kasarwadi · Hatkanangle | 2,210 | 76% | 8.2 km SE |
| Salmukhwadi · Malshiras | 782 | 56% | 9 km NW |
| Keskarwadi · Pandharpur | 2,019 | 60% | 10.5 km N |
| Sonke · Pandharpur | 3,463 | 62% | 10.6 km E |
Complete this village · 2/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch nameWho leads the gram panchayat today
- Panchayat contactA number residents can call
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mahim
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 5
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SANGOLE
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 105
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 2,096.93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mahim
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mahim
- LGD code
- 562520
- Pincode
- 413306
- Post office
- Mahud
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,067
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,795
- Households
- 831
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 879
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Coordinates
- 17.64801°N, 75.10831°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karmala
- Member of Parliament
- Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil
- Block / Mandal
- Sangole
- Nearest railway station
- Bhalwani (63.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Mahim
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai284 kmcapital
- Hyderabad359 km
- Bengaluru584 km
- Chennai751 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBohali19 km
- Hospital / PHCShri Sai Hospital, Solapur7 km
- Petrol pumpSMSMPCSFL Petrol Pump28 km
- CollegeShikshan Prasarak Mandal’s College of Pharmacy28 km
- Police stationAkluj Polic Station28 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 413306
Same name, different place
Other villages named Mahim
Looking for a different Mahim? 1 other village shares this name across India. All villages named Mahim →
Villages near Mahim
Other villages in Sangole 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)