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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
yashoda subane
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- LGD code
- 551716
- Pincode
- 401103
- Post office
- Vangaon
- Population
- 2,097
- Households
- 427
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1078 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 841
- Distance to district centre
- 143 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 83 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 99 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 671 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dahanu Road · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Reliance Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhumket compares
By population, Dhumket ranks #51 of 172 villages in Dahanu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.7%
+16.4% vs mandal average
- Dhumket
- 62.7%
- Dahanu mandal
- 46.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,078
+53 vs mandal average
- Dhumket
- 1,078
- Dahanu mandal
- 1,025
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Dhumket
- 4.9
- Dahanu mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhumket at a glance
Dhumket is a village of 2,097 people in 427 households (Census 2011) in Dahanu taluka, Palghar district, Maharashtra, the 51st-largest of 172 villages in Dahanu taluka. Literacy is 63%, 16 points above the taluka average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,078 women per 1,000 men. It lies 143 km from the Palghar district centre, 33 km from Upalat, the nearest town, 5 km from Dahanu Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 401103, served by Vangaon post office; the LGD village code is 551716. The nearest hospital or health centre is Reliance Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is yashoda subane, and the village votes in Igatpuri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Khoskar Hiraman Bhika. The population is estimated at 2,472 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhumket · this village | 2,097 | 63% | — |
| Dhakti Dahanu · Dahanu | 4,903 | 77% | 1.7 km N |
| Chandigaon · Dahanu | 1,293 | 69% | 2.6 km S |
| Dahanu · Dahanu | — | — | 4.3 km NE |
| Vadade · Nawapur | 1,070 | 49% | 5.1 km S |
| Vadade · Dahanu | 458 | 65% | 5.1 km S |
| Vadade · Radhanagari | — | — | 5.1 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhumket
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Dahanu
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhumket
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhumket
- LGD code
- 551716
- Pincode
- 401103
- Post office
- Vangaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,097
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,472
- Households
- 427
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1078
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Coordinates
- 19.95251°N, 72.71858°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nashik
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Igatpuri
- Member of Parliament
- Rajabhau Waje
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Khoskar Hiraman Bhika
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- yashoda subane
- Block / Mandal
- Dahanu
Getting there
How to reach Dhumket
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai99 kmcapital
- Hyderabad671 km
- Bengaluru934 km
- Delhi1065 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDahanu Road5 km
- Bus stopDHAMANGAON (Zadipada Bus Stop)20 km
- Hospital / PHCReliance Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank11 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petrolium24 km
- CollegeN.B.Mehta College, Bordi16 km
- Police stationDhundaleadi Police Stestion24 km
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View all 60+ →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)