'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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Maldev observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Pen mandal is Pravara Rural Education Society. No temple of this dedication is on record within Maldev itself.
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मालदेव हे महाराष्ट्रच्या रायगड जिल्ह्यातील पेण तालुकामधील महसूल गाव आहे. हे रायगड जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 150 किमी, जवळचे शहर Umbrajपासून 50 किमी, Chiplun रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 21 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 402107 आहे, Pen पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 942994 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Shree Tuljai Clinic, 21 किमी अंतरावर. गाव Shirdi विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Patil Vikhe Radhakrushna Eknathrao.
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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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