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Dattanagar (Khandali) observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Dattanagar (Khandali) ranks #42 of 111 villages in Malshiras mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dattanagar (Khandali) is a village of 3,511 people in 749 households (Census 2011) in Malshiras taluka, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 42nd-largest of 111 villages in Malshiras taluka. Literacy is 64%, 2 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 413113, served by Velapur post office; the LGD village code is 562486. The village votes in Indapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dattatraya Vithoba Bharane. The population is estimated at 4,139 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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