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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DIPALI NAVASU TARE
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- LGD code
- 551937
- Pincode
- 401603
- Post office
- Jawhar
- Population
- 1,380
- Households
- 225
- Literacy rate
- 67%
- Sex ratio
- 2232 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 476
Census 2011 · in context
How Sakur compares
By population, Sakur ranks #39 of 109 villages in Jawhar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.0%
+22.0% vs mandal average
Sakur67.0%
Jawhar mandal45.0%
Household size
people per home
6.1
+1.2 vs mandal average
Sakur6.1
Jawhar mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sakur at a glance
Sakur is a village of 1,380 people in 225 households (Census 2011) in Jawhar taluka, Palghar district, Maharashtra, the 39th-largest of 109 villages in Jawhar taluka. Literacy is 67%, 22 points above the taluka average of 45% and the sex ratio is 2,232 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 401603, served by Jawhar post office; the LGD village code is 551937. The sarpanch is DIPALI NAVASU TARE, and the village votes in Yevla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chhagan Bhujbal. The population is estimated at 1,627 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sakur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- JAWHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 117
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 315.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 140.81
- Forest area (ha)
- 69.08
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sakur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sakur
- LGD code
- 551937
- Pincode
- 401603
- Post office
- Jawhar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,380
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,627
- Households
- 225
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 2232
- Literacy rate
- 67.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dindori
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yevla
- Member of Parliament
- Bhaskar Bhagare
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chhagan Bhujbal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DIPALI NAVASU TARE
- Block / Mandal
- Jawhar
- Nearest police station
- City Police Station (21.0 km)
- Nearest post office
- Rawande post office (11.8 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Yeola (21.0 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)