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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Nanda Chandrakant Vaghe
Contact: 99****6150
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- LGD code
- 552588
- Pincode
- 421302
- Post office
- Dandekarwadi
- Population
- 1,419
- Households
- 316
- Literacy rate
- 50.3%
- Sex ratio
- 936 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 631
- Distance to district centre
- 162 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 131 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 89 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 662 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vangaon · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Vangoan · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khambale compares
By population, Khambale ranks #78 of 214 villages in Bhiwandi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.3%
−14.8% vs mandal average
- Khambale
- 50.3%
- Bhiwandi mandal
- 65.1%
- Thane district
- 74.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
936
+47 vs mandal average
- Khambale
- 936
- Bhiwandi mandal
- 889
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Khambale
- 4.5
- Bhiwandi mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khambale at a glance
Khambale is a village of 1,419 people in 316 households (Census 2011) in Bhiwandi taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 78th-largest of 214 villages in Bhiwandi taluka. Literacy is 50%, 15 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 162 km from the Thane district centre, 39 km from Upalat, the nearest town, 2 km from Vangaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 421302, served by Dandekarwadi post office; the LGD village code is 552588. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Vangoan, 1 km away. The sarpanch is Nanda Chandrakant Vaghe, and the village votes in Akole assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Kiran Yamaji Lahamate. The population is estimated at 1,673 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khambale
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 23
- Power hours (winter)
- 23
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- BHIWANDI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 484.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 220.58
- Forest area (ha)
- 228.67
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khambale
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khambale
- LGD code
- 552588
- Pincode
- 421302
- Post office
- Dandekarwadi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,419
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,673
- Households
- 316
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 936
- Literacy rate
- 50.3%
- Coordinates
- 19.87305°N, 72.77326°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shirdi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Akole
- Member of Parliament
- Bhausaheb Wakchaure
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Kiran Yamaji Lahamate
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Nanda Chandrakant Vaghe
- Block / Mandal
- Bhiwandi
- Nearest police station
- Rajur Police Station (121.7 km)
- Nearest bank
- Corporation Bank (137.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Khambale
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai89 kmcapital
- Hyderabad662 km
- Bengaluru924 km
- Delhi1071 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVangaon2 km
- Bus stopmastan naka23 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Vangoan1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India8 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petrolium18 km
- CollegeN.B.Mehta College, Bordi25 km
- Police stationDhundaleadi Police Stestion25 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)