'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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Rajapur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Temples near Rajapur
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Sangole mandal is श्री खंडोबा मंदिर. No temple of this dedication is on record within Rajapur itself.
By population, Rajapur ranks #93 of 97 villages in Sangole mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rajapur is a village of 673 people in 135 households (Census 2011) in Sangole taluka, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 93rd-largest of 97 villages in Sangole taluka. Literacy is 70%, 8 points above the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 901 women per 1,000 men. It lies 563 km from the Solapur district centre, 3 km from Ashti, the nearest town, 5 km from Dongri Buzurg railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413307, served by Sangola post office; the LGD village code is 562550. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Bamhani, 5 km away. The village votes in Karmala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil. The population is estimated at 793 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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