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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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- LGD code
- 553231
- Pincode
- 421401
- Post office
- Murbad
- Population
- 1,201
- Households
- 231
- Literacy rate
- 39.2%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 542
Census 2011 · in context
How Fangulgavhan compares
By population, Fangulgavhan ranks #38 of 205 villages in Murbad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
39.2%
−26.5% vs mandal average
- Fangulgavhan
- 39.2%
- Murbad mandal
- 65.7%
- Thane district
- 74.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
+8 vs mandal average
- Fangulgavhan
- 979
- Murbad mandal
- 971
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Fangulgavhan
- 5.2
- Murbad mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Fangulgavhan at a glance
Fangulgavhan is a village of 1,201 people in 231 households (Census 2011) in Murbad taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 38th-largest of 205 villages in Murbad taluka. Literacy is 39%, 27 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 421401, served by Murbad post office; the LGD village code is 553231. The village votes in Gangapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bumb Prashant Bansilal. The population is estimated at 1,416 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Fangulgavhan
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- Kalyan
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 84
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 117
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 50
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 715.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 297.97
- Forest area (ha)
- 321.75
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Fangulgavhan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Fangulgavhan
- LGD code
- 553231
- Pincode
- 421401
- Post office
- Murbad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,201
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,416
- Households
- 231
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 39.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aurangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gangapur
- Member of Parliament
- Sandipanrao Bhumre
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bumb Prashant Bansilal
- Block / Mandal
- Murbad
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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