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Village snapshot
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- LGD code
- 525549
- Pincode
- 425424
- Post office
- Purushottam Nagar
- Population
- 2,107
- Households
- 490
- Literacy rate
- 79.4%
- Sex ratio
- 850 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 746
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 32 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 326 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 624 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ranala · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jai Shree Datta Accident Hospital and Physiotherapy Centre · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Purushottamnagar compares
By population, Purushottamnagar ranks #60 of 180 villages in Shahade mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.4%
+26.0% vs mandal average
Purushottamnagar79.4%
Shahade mandal53.4%
Nandurbar district55.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
850
−135 vs mandal average
Purushottamnagar850
Shahade mandal985
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.7 vs mandal average
Purushottamnagar4.3
Shahade mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purushottamnagar at a glance
Purushottamnagar is a village of 2,107 people in 490 households (Census 2011) in Shahade taluka, Nandurbar district, Maharashtra, the 60th-largest of 180 villages in Shahade taluka. Literacy is 79%, 26 points above the taluka average of 53% and the sex ratio is 850 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Nandurbar district centre, 18 km from Prakasha, the nearest town, 22 km from Ranala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 425424, served by Purushottam Nagar post office; the LGD village code is 525549. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jai Shree Datta Accident Hospital and Physiotherapy Centre, 4 km away. The sarpanch is sfdghjfgf, and the village votes in Sindkheda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayakumar Rawal. The population is estimated at 2,484 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Purushottamnagar
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Shahade
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 519
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 150
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Purushottamnagar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Purushottamnagar
- LGD code
- 525549
- Pincode
- 425424
- Post office
- Purushottam Nagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,107
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,484
- Households
- 490
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 850
- Literacy rate
- 79.4%
- Coordinates
- 21.56945°N, 74.51717°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhule
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sindkheda
- Member of Parliament
- Bachhav Shobha Dinesh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jayakumar Rawal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sfdghjfgf
- Block / Mandal
- Shahade
Getting there
How to reach Purushottamnagar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai326 kmcapital
- Hyderabad624 km
- Delhi829 km
- Bengaluru1010 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRanala22 km
- Hospital / PHCJai Shree Datta Accident Hospital and Physiotherapy Centre4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India31 km
- CollegeG. H. Mahajan A.C.S. junior college, Taloda31 km
- Police stationPolice Station Taloda31 km
Same pincode
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Villages near Purushottamnagar
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- Sarangkheda
- Mohide.Ta.Sha
- Mandane
- Vadali
- Padalde Budruk
- Kansai
- Torkheda
- Kahatul
- Dongargaon
- Vadgaon
- Talavadi
- Sultanpur
- Shahane
- Shirud Digar
- Chandsaili (Fo)
- Bamkheda T.T
- Ambapur
- Kondhaval
- Ganor
- Kalambu
- Fattepur
- Langadibhavani
- Asalod
- Sulwade
- Kukdel
- Kheddigar
- Nagziri
- Bramhanpuri
- Ranipur
- Raikhed
- Dhurkheda
- Shelti
- Lakkadkot
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)