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Chandranagar observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Dapoli mandal is Ghewadeshwar Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Chandranagar itself.
By population, Chandranagar ranks #41 of 172 villages in Dapoli mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chandranagar is a village of 1,084 people in 280 households (Census 2011) in Dapoli taluka, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, the 41st-largest of 172 villages in Dapoli taluka. Literacy is 73%, 1 points above the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 1,326 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 415720, served by Burondi post office; the LGD village code is 564886. The sarpanch is Bhagyashri Shrikant Jagadale, and the village votes in Bhor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shankar Hiraman Mandekar. The population is estimated at 1,278 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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