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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sangita Pakhare
Contact: 96****6324
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- LGD code
- 528965
- Pincode
- 443304
- Post office
- Janephal
- Population
- 434
- Households
- 99
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Sex ratio
- 991 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 234
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 405 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 383 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khamgaon · 47 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Vivekanand nagar · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sula compares
By population, Sula ranks #121 of 158 villages in Mehkar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.9%
−1.7% vs mandal average
Sula68.9%
Mehkar mandal70.6%
Buldhana district72.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
991
+62 vs mandal average
Sula991
Mehkar mandal929
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
Sula4.4
Mehkar mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sula at a glance
Sula is a village of 434 people in 99 households (Census 2011) in Mehkar taluka, Buldhana district, Maharashtra, the 121st-largest of 158 villages in Mehkar taluka. Literacy is 69%, 2 points below the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 991 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Buldhana district centre, 13 km from Ghatnandra, the nearest town, 47 km from Khamgaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 443304, served by Janephal post office; the LGD village code is 528965. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Vivekanand nagar, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Sangita Pakhare, and the village votes in Mehkar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kharat Siddharth Rambhau. The population is estimated at 512 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dudha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sula · this village | 434 | 69% | — |
| Sonargavhan · Mehkar | 1,051 | 73% | 2 km SE |
| Kalambeshwar · Mehkar | 4,917 | 72% | 2.3 km NW |
| Raipur · Mehkar | 719 | 74% | 3.4 km S |
| Raipur · Partur | 564 | 58% | 3.4 km S |
| Sawatra · Mehkar | 1,894 | 69% | 3.8 km SE |
| Dudha · Mehkar | 768 | 68% | 4.1 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sula
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Mehkar
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 543.47
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 464
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sula
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sula
- LGD code
- 528965
- Pincode
- 443304
- Post office
- Janephal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 434
- Population (projected 2026)
- 512
- Households
- 99
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 991
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Coordinates
- 20.28164°N, 76.52515°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Buldhana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mehkar
- Member of Parliament
- Prataprao Jadhav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kharat Siddharth Rambhau
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sangita Pakhare
- Block / Mandal
- Mehkar
Getting there
How to reach Sula
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai405 kmcapital
- Hyderabad383 km
- Bengaluru821 km
- Chennai894 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhamgaon47 km
- Bus stopfrequent buses to Aurangabad22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Vivekanand nagar6 km
- Collegevasantrao Naik jr. science college of patur48 km
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- Ghatbori
- Hiwara Kh. Bhag 1
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- Shendla
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- Madani
- Warwand
- Kalyana
- Mola
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- Andhrud
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- Khandala
- Pangarkhed
- Bhosa
- Uddhava Vithalwadi
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)