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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pandurang Kamalu Daravada
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- LGD code
- 553207
- Pincode
- 421401
- Post office
- Murbad
- Population
- 988
- Households
- 192
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1089 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 608
Census 2011 · in context
How Merdi compares
By population, Merdi ranks #63 of 205 villages in Murbad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.3%
−9.4% vs mandal average
Merdi56.3%
Murbad mandal65.7%
Thane district74.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,089
+118 vs mandal average
Merdi1,089
Murbad mandal971
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
Merdi5.1
Murbad mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Merdi at a glance
Merdi is a village of 988 people in 192 households (Census 2011) in Murbad taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 63rd-largest of 205 villages in Murbad taluka. Literacy is 56%, 9 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,089 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 421401, served by Murbad post office; the LGD village code is 553207. The sarpanch is Pandurang Kamalu Daravada, and the village votes in Gangapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bumb Prashant Bansilal. The population is estimated at 1,165 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Merdi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merdi · this village | 988 | 56% | — |
| Panshet · Murbad | 510 | 52% | — |
| Paronde · Murbad | 406 | 47% | — |
| Panshet Molalwadi · Murbad | — | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Merdi
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Kalyan
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 87
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 100
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 50
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 2,818.94
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 218
- Forest area (ha)
- 2,161.14
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Merdi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Merdi
- LGD code
- 553207
- Pincode
- 421401
- Post office
- Murbad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 988
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,165
- Households
- 192
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1089
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aurangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gangapur
- Member of Parliament
- Sandipanrao Bhumre
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bumb Prashant Bansilal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pandurang Kamalu Daravada
- Block / Mandal
- Murbad
Same pincode
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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
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)