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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sulochana pravin Gore
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- LGD code
- 551996
- Pincode
- 401604
- Post office
- Mokhada
- Population
- 828
- Households
- 156
- Literacy rate
- 42.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1029 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 458
Census 2011 · in context
How Dudhgaon compares
By population, Dudhgaon ranks #39 of 59 villages in Mokhada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.9%
−3.6% vs mandal average
Dudhgaon42.9%
Mokhada mandal46.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,029
+27 vs mandal average
Dudhgaon1,029
Mokhada mandal1,002
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.6 vs mandal average
Dudhgaon5.3
Mokhada mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dudhgaon at a glance
Dudhgaon is a village of 828 people in 156 households (Census 2011) in Mokhada taluka, Palghar district, Maharashtra, the 39th-largest of 59 villages in Mokhada taluka. Literacy is 43%, 4 points below the taluka average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,029 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 401604, served by Mokhada post office; the LGD village code is 551996. The sarpanch is Sulochana pravin Gore, and the village votes in Shirdi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patil Vikhe Radhakrushna Eknathrao. The population is estimated at 976 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dudhgaon
- 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)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Jawhar
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 872
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 132
- Forest area (ha)
- 545
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dudhgaon
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dudhgaon
- LGD code
- 551996
- Pincode
- 401604
- Post office
- Mokhada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 828
- Population (projected 2026)
- 976
- Households
- 156
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1029
- Literacy rate
- 42.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shirdi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shirdi
- Member of Parliament
- Bhausaheb Wakchaure
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patil Vikhe Radhakrushna Eknathrao
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sulochana pravin Gore
- Block / Mandal
- Mokhada
- Nearest PHC
- Samarth Clinic (63.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Kherwadi (56.4 km)
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- 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)