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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
- 530918
- Pincode
- 444110
- Post office
- Kamargaon (Washim)
- Population
- 0
- Households
- 0
- Workers
- 0
- Distance to district centre
- 143 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 148 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 554 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 241 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bodhadi Bujrug · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SDH Gokunda · 11 km
Pendha at a glance
Pendha is a revenue village in Karanja taluka, Washim district, Maharashtra. It lies 143 km from the Washim district centre, 30 km from Himayatnagar, the nearest town, 7 km from Bodhadi Bujrug railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 444110, served by Kamargaon (Washim) post office; the LGD village code is 530918. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH Gokunda, 11 km away. The village votes in Murtizapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Harish Marotiappa Pimple.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pendha
- Nearest statutory town
- 0
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 0
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 98
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- Total area (ha)
- 318.85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 297
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Pendha
- LGD code
- 530918
- Pincode
- 444110
- Post office
- Kamargaon (Washim)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 0
- Households
- 0
- Coordinates
- 19.52879°N, 78.13916°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Akola
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Murtizapur
- Member of Parliament
- Anup Dhotre
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Harish Marotiappa Pimple
- Block / Mandal
- Karanja
Getting there
How to reach Pendha
Nearest town · 20,285 people
Himayatnagar · ≈ 30 km
≈ 1 h 1 min by car · 1 h 13 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai554 kmcapital
- Hyderabad241 km
- Bengaluru731 km
- Chennai752 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBodhadi Bujrug7 km
- Hospital / PHCSDH Gokunda11 km
- ATM / bankState Bank Of India, Ichoda34 km
- CollegeAditya Junior College44 km
- Police stationPolice Station50 km
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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