He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Devghar observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Temples near Devghar
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Shrivardhan mandal is Maruti Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Devghar itself.
By population, Devghar ranks #16 of 77 villages in Shrivardhan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devghar ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದ ರಾಯಗಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ, Shrivardhan ತಾಲೂಕುದಲ್ಲಿ 1,118 ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 289 ಕುಟುಂಬಗಳಲ್ಲಿ (2011 ಜನಗಣತಿ) ಇರುವ ಗ್ರಾಮ, Shrivardhan ತಾಲೂಕುದ 77 ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ 16ನೇ ದೊಡ್ಡದು. ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ 82%, ತಾಲೂಕು ಸರಾಸರಿ 72% ಗಿಂತ 11 ಅಂಕ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮತ್ತು ಲಿಂಗಾನುಪಾತ 1,000 ಪುರುಷರಿಗೆ 1,188 ಮಹಿಳೆಯರು. ಇದು ರಾಯಗಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಕೇಂದ್ರದಿಂದ 103 ಕಿ.ಮೀ, ಹತ್ತಿರದ ಪಟ್ಟಣ Asadeದಿಂದ 39 ಕಿ.ಮೀ, Veer ರೈಲು ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ 19 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ಇದೆ (ನೇರ ರೇಖೆ ದೂರ). ಪಿನ್ಕೋಡ್ 402110, Shriwardhan ಅಂಚೆ ಕಚೇರಿ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ; LGD ಗ್ರಾಮ ಕೋಡ್ 554868. ಹತ್ತಿರದ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ Soham Clinic & Jogdand Hospital, 11 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರ. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು grampanchayat hareshwar; ಗ್ರಾಮ Bhor ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ, ಶಾಸಕ Shankar Hiraman Mandekar. 2026ರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂದಾಜು ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 1,318, 2011ಕ್ಕಿಂತ 18% ಹೆಚ್ಚು.
ಗ್ರಾಮ ಪಂಚಾಯತಿ: Hareshwar →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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