He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Misalwadi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Sangole mandal is श्री खंडोबा मंदिर. No temple of this dedication is on record within Misalwadi itself.
By population, Misalwadi ranks #95 of 97 villages in Sangole mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Misalwadi is a village of 597 people in 98 households (Census 2011) in Sangole taluka, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 95th-largest of 97 villages in Sangole taluka. Literacy is 67%, 5 points above the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 977 women per 1,000 men. It lies 225 km from the Solapur district centre, 12 km from Devlai, the nearest town, 51 km from Jalna railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413307, served by Sangola post office; the LGD village code is 562593. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Deulgaon Mahi, 13 km away. The village votes in Karmala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil. The population is estimated at 704 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pachegaon Kh →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Misalwadi · this village | 597 | 67% | — |
| Shelgaon Atol · Chikhli | 3,735 | 66% | 2.7 km SW |
| Amona · Chikhli | 1,907 | 72% | 3.5 km NW |
| Amona · Chikhaldara | 233 | 65% | 3.5 km NW |
| Deulgaon Dhangar · Chikhli | 3,025 | 69% | 4.5 km NE |
| Vasantnagar · Chikhli | 894 | 63% | 4.6 km E |
| Vasantnagar · Digras | 1,049 | 65% | 4.6 km E |
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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