'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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Rampur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Solapur South mandal is Jagadamba Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Rampur itself.
By population, Rampur ranks #55 of 90 villages in Solapur South mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rampur is a village of 1,697 people in 326 households (Census 2011) in Solapur South taluka, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 55th-largest of 90 villages in Solapur South taluka. Literacy is 60%, 4 points below the taluka average of 64% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 534 km from the Solapur district centre, 14 km from Malegaon, the nearest town, 9 km from Khat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413002, served by Solapur Mkt post office; the LGD village code is 562720. The nearest hospital or health centre is Regional Hospital, Mohadi, 6 km away. The village votes in Barshi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dilip Gangadhar Sopal. The population is estimated at 2,001 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rampur →
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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