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- LGD code
- 561861
- Pincode
- 413202
- Post office
- Jeur (Solapur)
- Population
- 2,190
- Households
- 439
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,120
- Distance to district centre
- 60 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 48 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 251 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 371 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pophlaj · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gholap Hospital · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pophalaj compares
By population, Pophalaj ranks #36 of 123 villages in Karmala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.9%
−0.4% vs mandal average
- Pophalaj
- 64.9%
- Karmala mandal
- 65.3%
- Solapur district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
+20 vs mandal average
- Pophalaj
- 935
- Karmala mandal
- 915
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Pophalaj
- 5.0
- Karmala mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pophalaj at a glance
Pophalaj is a village of 2,190 people in 439 households (Census 2011) in Karmala taluka, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 36th-largest of 123 villages in Karmala taluka. Literacy is 65%, about the same as the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 935 women per 1,000 men. It lies 60 km from the Solapur district centre, 21 km from Borgaon, the nearest town, 2 km from Pophlaj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413202, served by Jeur (Solapur) post office; the LGD village code is 561861. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gholap Hospital, 15 km away. The village votes in Karjat Jamkhed assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Pawar. The population is estimated at 2,582 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pophalaj
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KARMALA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 128
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,386.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,001.04
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Pophalaj
- LGD code
- 561861
- Pincode
- 413202
- Post office
- Jeur (Solapur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,190
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,582
- Households
- 439
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Coordinates
- 18.29298°N, 75.11654°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ahmednagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karjat Jamkhed
- Member of Parliament
- Nilesh Lanke
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Pawar
- Block / Mandal
- Karmala
- Nearest railway station
- Pophlaj (2.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Pophalaj
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai251 kmcapital
- Hyderabad371 km
- Bengaluru648 km
- Chennai800 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPophlaj2 km
- Bus stopSade Bus Stop17 km
- Hospital / PHCGholap Hospital15 km
- ATM / bankBOI17 km
- CollegeITI COLLEGE INDAPUR21 km
- Police stationHighway Police33 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Pophlaj2.0 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)