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Sahilnagar

village in Maharashtra, India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ24950317 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sahilnagar is a small village in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra state in Western India. The 2011 Census of India recorded a total of 304 residents in the village. Sahilnagar's geographical area is approximately 207 hectares (510 acres).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sahilnagar” as village in Maharashtra, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sahilnagar, village and Maharashtra.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sahilnagar, village and Maharashtra providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sahilnagar”, the useful work is to connect “village in Maharashtra, India” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24950317. Authority coordinates are 17.606, 73.265. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Sahilnagar”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sahilnagar primary sources, Sahilnagar archive and Sahilnagar research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Sahilnagar”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Sahilnagar” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.