By population, Nikane ranks #58 of 172 villages in Dahanu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nikane is a village of 1,975 people in 370 households (Census 2011) in Dahanu taluka, Palghar district, Maharashtra, the 58th-largest of 172 villages in Dahanu taluka. Literacy is 37%, 9 points below the taluka average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,047 women per 1,000 men. It lies 125 km from the Palghar district centre, 34 km from Upalat, the nearest town, 12 km from Vangaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 401602, served by Dahanu Road post office; the LGD village code is 551699. The nearest hospital or health centre is प्राथमिक आरोग्य केंद्र महालक्ष्मी, 8 km away. The sarpanch is SONALI KRUSHNA KOM, and the village votes in Igatpuri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Khoskar Hiraman Bhika. The population is estimated at 2,329 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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