He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Ovaliye observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Malwan mandal is Kalammadevi Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Ovaliye itself.
By population, Ovaliye ranks #15 of 132 villages in Malwan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ovaliye is a village of 1,408 people in 371 households (Census 2011) in Malwan taluka, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, the 15th-largest of 132 villages in Malwan taluka. Literacy is 79%, 1 points below the taluka average of 80% and the sex ratio is 1,176 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 416603, served by Kasal post office; the LGD village code is 566554. The village votes in Shahuwadi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Vinay Vilasrao Kore (Savkar). The population is estimated at 1,660 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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