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Maharashtra farmers hold protests, seek drought aid; doing everything possible, won’t let them suffer: CM
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RUKHMABAI VIJAY RATHO
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- LGD code
- 542562
- Pincode
- 445202
- Post office
- Darwha
- Population
- 964
- Households
- 241
- Literacy rate
- 67.9%
- Sex ratio
- 959 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 606
- Distance to district centre
- 14 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 32 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 526 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 336 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhandegaon · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SDH Darwha · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhulapur compares
By population, Dhulapur ranks #67 of 144 villages in Darwha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.9%
−4.7% vs mandal average
- Dhulapur
- 67.9%
- Darwha mandal
- 72.6%
- Yavatmal district
- 73.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
959
+11 vs mandal average
- Dhulapur
- 959
- Darwha mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Dhulapur
- 4.0
- Darwha mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhulapur at a glance
Dhulapur is a village of 964 people in 241 households (Census 2011) in Darwha taluka, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, the 67th-largest of 144 villages in Darwha taluka. Literacy is 68%, 5 points below the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Yavatmal district centre, 4 km from Bhandegaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 445202, served by Darwha post office; the LGD village code is 542562. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH Darwha, 5 km away. The sarpanch is RUKHMABAI VIJAY RATHO , and the village votes in Washim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyam Ramcharan Khode. The population is estimated at 1,137 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhulapur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DARWHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 200.04
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 188.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhulapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhulapur
- LGD code
- 542562
- Pincode
- 445202
- Post office
- Darwha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 964
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,137
- Households
- 241
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 67.9%
- Coordinates
- 20.32241°N, 77.72653°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal-Washim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Washim
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Deshmukh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shyam Ramcharan Khode
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RUKHMABAI VIJAY RATHO
- Block / Mandal
- Darwha
Getting there
How to reach Dhulapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai526 kmcapital
- Hyderabad336 km
- Bengaluru817 km
- Chennai849 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhandegaon4 km
- Hospital / PHCSDH Darwha5 km
- ATM / bankBank of India ATM39 km
- Petrol pumpIndian oil24 km
- Police stationNandgaon Khandeshwar Police Station42 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)