'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Dimbhe Kh. observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Dimbhe Kh. ranks #89 of 140 villages in Ambegaon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dimbhe Kh. is a village of 758 people in 179 households (Census 2011) in Ambegaon taluka, Pune district, Maharashtra, the 89th-largest of 140 villages in Ambegaon taluka. Literacy is 78%, 4 points above the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 410509, served by Dimbhe Colony post office; the LGD village code is 555462. The village votes in Rahuri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kardile Shivaji Bhanudas. The population is estimated at 894 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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