Khoste observes Ganeshotsav on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Khoste ranks #46 of 93 villages in Vikramgad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khoste is a village of 1,169 people in 268 households (Census 2011) in Vikramgad taluka, Palghar district, Maharashtra, the 46th-largest of 93 villages in Vikramgad taluka. Literacy is 59%, 6 points above the taluka average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,069 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 401605, served by Vikramgad post office; the LGD village code is 551821. The sarpanch is Nilam Bhaskar Bhoye , and the village votes in Sinnar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv. Kokate Manikrao Shivaji. The population is estimated at 1,378 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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