Palgad observes Ganeshotsav on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Palgad ranks #5 of 172 villages in Dapoli mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palgad is a village of 2,959 people in 719 households (Census 2011) in Dapoli taluka, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, the 5th-largest of 172 villages in Dapoli taluka. Literacy is 79%, 8 points above the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 1,041 women per 1,000 men. It lies 88 km from the Ratnagiri district centre, 10 km from Diwankhavati railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 415716, served by Palgad post office; the LGD village code is 564871. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Furus, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Anil Krushna Belose, and the village votes in Bhor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shankar Hiraman Mandekar. The population is estimated at 3,489 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Palgad →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palgad · this village | 2,959 | 79% | — |
| Shivtar · Khed | 649 | 73% | 3.2 km NE |
| Gherapalgad · Khed | 901 | 70% | 3.3 km SW |
| Jamage · Khed | 1,151 | 83% | 4.1 km N |
| Satere Tarf Natu · Dapoli | 543 | 69% | 4.5 km NE |
| Hatip · Dapoli | 417 | 63% | 4.5 km W |
| Jamge · Dapoli | 1,552 | 74% | 5.1 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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