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Vasmar observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Temples near Vasmar
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Sakri mandal is Shri Veshweshwar Mahadev Mandir, Mhasadi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Vasmar itself.
By population, Vasmar ranks #90 of 222 villages in Sakri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
वसमार हे महाराष्ट्रच्या धुळे जिल्ह्यातील साक्री तालुकामधील 1,709 लोकसंख्येचे 346 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे साक्री तालुकामधील 222 गावांत 90वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 68% आहे, तालुका सरासरी 54% पेक्षा 14 गुण जास्त आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 895 स्त्रिया. हे धुळे जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 47 किमी, जवळचे शहर Nampurपासून 23 किमी, Dhule रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 38 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 424304 आहे, Sakri (Dhule) पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 526457 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Sumalti Multispeciality Hospital, 12 किमी अंतरावर. गाव Dhule Rural विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Raghavendra (Ramdada) Manohar Patil. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 2,015, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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