He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
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Pilanze Khurd observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Bhiwandi mandal is Khandoba Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pilanze Khurd itself.
By population, Pilanze Khurd ranks #120 of 214 villages in Bhiwandi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pilanze Khurd is a village of 843 people in 200 households (Census 2011) in Bhiwandi taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 120th-largest of 214 villages in Bhiwandi taluka. Literacy is 41%, 24 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,022 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 421302, served by Dandekarwadi post office; the LGD village code is 552520. The sarpanch is Santoshi Vinod Adaga, and the village votes in Akole assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Kiran Yamaji Lahamate. The population is estimated at 994 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pilanze →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilanze Khurd · this village | 843 | 41% | — |
| Pilanze Budruk · Bhiwandi | 1,327 | 55% | — |
| Depoli · Bhiwandi | 675 | 47% | — |
| Sakharoli · Bhiwandi | 563 | 51% | — |
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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