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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 562723
- Pincode
- 413228
- Post office
- Valsang
- Population
- 1,984
- Households
- 360
- Literacy rate
- 59.8%
- Sex ratio
- 980 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 831
- Distance to district centre
- 149 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 140 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 437 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 214 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chakur · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gunai Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tirth compares
By population, Tirth ranks #48 of 90 villages in Solapur South mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.8%
−3.9% vs mandal average
- Tirth
- 59.8%
- Solapur South mandal
- 63.7%
- Solapur district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
980
+36 vs mandal average
- Tirth
- 980
- Solapur South mandal
- 944
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Tirth
- 5.5
- Solapur South mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tirth at a glance
Tirth is a village of 1,984 people in 360 households (Census 2011) in Solapur South taluka, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 48th-largest of 90 villages in Solapur South taluka. Literacy is 60%, 4 points below the taluka average of 64% and the sex ratio is 980 women per 1,000 men. It lies 149 km from the Solapur district centre, 8 km from Shirur Tajband, the nearest town, 27 km from Chakur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413228, served by Valsang post office; the LGD village code is 562723. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gunai Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Barshi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dilip Gangadhar Sopal. The population is estimated at 2,339 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tirth
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- 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
- SOLAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,144
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,000
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tirth
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Key facts — Tirth
- LGD code
- 562723
- Pincode
- 413228
- Post office
- Valsang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,984
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,339
- Households
- 360
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 980
- Literacy rate
- 59.8%
- Coordinates
- 18.69791°N, 77.00829°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Osmanabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barshi
- Member of Parliament
- Omprakash Rajenimbalkar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dilip Gangadhar Sopal
- Block / Mandal
- Solapur South
Getting there
How to reach Tirth
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai437 kmcapital
- Hyderabad214 km
- Bengaluru640 km
- Chennai715 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChakur27 km
- Hospital / PHCGunai Hospital7 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump34 km
- CollegeShri Havagiswami College36 km
- Police stationPolice station Udgir Rural.33 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 413228
- ValsangSolapur South mandal7,979 pop
- AchegaonSolapur South mandal3,885 pop
- DhotriSolapur South mandal3,679 pop
- Limbi ChincholiSolapur South mandal2,514 pop
- ShingadgaonSolapur South mandal2,293 pop
- KarjalAkkalkot mandal2,206 pop
- KonhaliAkkalkot mandal2,022 pop
- DindurSolapur South mandal1,592 pop
- Auj AherwadiSolapur South mandal1,354 pop
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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)