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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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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Suvarna Santosh Deshmukh
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- LGD code
- 553266
- Pincode
- 421401
- Post office
- Murbad
- Population
- 1
- Households
- 1
- Literacy rate
- 0%
- Sex ratio
- 0 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 0
Census 2011 · in context
How Gorakhagad compares
By population, Gorakhagad ranks #205 of 205 villages in Murbad mandal — the smallest.
Literacy rate
%
0.0%
−65.7% vs mandal average
- Gorakhagad
- 0.0%
- Murbad mandal
- 65.7%
- Thane district
- 74.4%
Household size
people per home
1.0
−3.7 vs mandal average
- Gorakhagad
- 1.0
- Murbad mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gorakhagad at a glance
Gorakhagad is a village of 1 people in 1 households (Census 2011) in Murbad taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 205th-largest of 205 villages in Murbad taluka. Literacy is 0%, 66 points below the taluka average of 66%. The pincode is 421401, served by Murbad post office; the LGD village code is 553266. The sarpanch is Suvarna Santosh Deshmukh, and the village votes in Gangapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bumb Prashant Bansilal.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gorakhagad
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Kalyan
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 39
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 88
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 94
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 92
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gorakhagad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gorakhagad
- LGD code
- 553266
- Pincode
- 421401
- Post office
- Murbad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1
- Households
- 1
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 0
- Literacy rate
- 0.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aurangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gangapur
- Member of Parliament
- Sandipanrao Bhumre
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bumb Prashant Bansilal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Suvarna Santosh Deshmukh
- Block / Mandal
- Murbad
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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