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Sendra

village in Maharashtra, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 14, 2025
Entity authorityQ60751378
Source-derived summary

Sendra also known as Shendra is a village in Parbhani taluka of Parbhani district of Maharashtra state in India.

Demography

According to the 2011 census of India, Sendra had a population of 1,526, of which 792 were male and 734 were female. The average sex ratio of the village was 927, which was lower than the Maharashtra state average of 929. The literacy rate was 68.9% compared to 82.3% for the state. Male literacy rate was 79% while female literacy rate was 57%.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Sendra” is village in Maharashtra, India. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Sendra, village and Maharashtra, not as a finished interpretation.

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. For this dossier, Sendra, village and Maharashtra is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village in Maharashtra, India” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q60751378. Authority coordinates are 19.224, 76.821. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. 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 “Sendra”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sendra primary sources, Sendra archive and Sendra 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 “Sendra”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Sendra” 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.