Scheme delivery checks
State schemesHousehold verification of benefit receipt, sampled by taluka, with Marathi consent and GPS on each visit.
Locations · Maharashtra
Marathi fieldwork from Konkan fishing villages to Vidarbha cotton taluks
Bharat Survey is a survey company in Maharashtra for campaign teams, municipal and state departments, CSR foundations and brands. We write questionnaires in Marathi, add Hindi, Urdu or Gujarati versions for city wards that need them, and run fieldwork on an offline Android app that records GPS, time and duration for every interview.
- Marathi questionnaires, back-translated
- Samples split across six revenue divisions
- Separate designs for metro wards and rural talukas
3,000
Target homes
2,184
Visits
1,962
Completed
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted surveysLast 12 days
Marathi questionnaires288 assembly seats48 Lok Sabha seats29 municipal corporationsSix revenue divisionsKonkan monsoon planningOffline GPS appBack-checked interviews
State at a glance
Census 2011 counted about 45% of Maharashtra's people in urban areas, so a statewide sample almost always needs an urban and a rural frame drawn separately.
Capital
Mumbai
Nagpur hosts the legislature's winter session
Districts
36
Revenue divisions
6
Konkan, Pune, Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Amravati, Nagpur
Lok Sabha seats
48
Vidhan Sabha seats
288
Bicameral: Legislative Council also exists
Municipal corporations
29
Official language
Marathi
Sources: Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra · Directorate of Municipal Administration, Maharashtra · Census of India 2011
Political research
Marathi wording that respondents trust
Farm distress in Marathwada, water supply in Mumbai's suburbs and delivery of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana surface in different proportions by region, so we ask about issues in neutral, piloted Marathi. The intro script a respondent hears begins: हे मतदार सर्वेक्षण गोपनीय आहे, and our consent screen names Bharat Survey as the सर्वेक्षण एजन्सी महाराष्ट्र respondents are speaking to.
We do not name parties as clients, import voter rolls or promise an outcome. Reports show sample size and margin of error beside every figure.
- Region-wise quotas before district quotas
- Consent recorded on screen
Door to door interview in a Marathi-speaking ward
Electoral cycles
As an assembly election survey agency Maharashtra teams can brief well ahead, we design differently for each of the state's electorates.
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Vidhan Sabha: 288 constituencies
The assembly elected in November 2024 runs to 2029. A Vidhan Sabha election survey agency in Maharashtra has to weight Mumbai and Thane, where many seats sit close together, against large rural seats in Vidarbha and Marathwada.Term runs to 20293,000Target outlets2,184Visited1,962Audited1,871AcceptedDaily accepted auditsLast 12 days - 02
Lok Sabha: 48 constituencies
Maharashtra returns the second-largest group of MPs after Uttar Pradesh. As a Lok Sabha election survey agency in Maharashtra we build each seat from its assembly segments and report only where sample size supports a reading.Parliamentary rounds3,000Target homes2,184Visits1,962Completed1,871AcceptedDaily accepted surveysLast 12 days - 03
Municipal corporations
Searchers call this a Nagar Nigam election survey agency in Maharashtra, though the bodies are Mahanagarpalikas with multi-member wards in many cities. We sample by ward, not by city average.29 corporations123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930A strongB fairC weakD very weakNo report today - 04
Zilla Parishad and gram panchayat
As a Panchayat election survey agency in Maharashtra we sample by Zilla Parishad group and Panchayat Samiti gan. The booth management app Maharashtra volunteers use holds tasks and turnout notes, never voter lists.Rural tiersShift onHello, Ram KumarToday's workAssignmentGram Panchayat BarauliTarget 40 homes14 done15 done16 done17 doneShiftOn · 2:14 hSync6 phone · 8 serverToday's homes- Home 15 · RamlalDone
- Home 16 · SunitaDone
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- Home 18 · MohanFilling…
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3,000
Target outlets
2,184
Visited
1,962
Audited
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted auditsLast 12 days
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Target homes
2,184
Visits
1,962
Completed
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted surveysLast 12 days
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Hello, Ram Kumar
Today's work
Assignment
Gram Panchayat Barauli
Target 40 homes14 done15 done16 done17 done
Shift
On · 2:14 h
Sync
6 phone · 8 server
Today's homes
- Home 15 · RamlalDone
- Home 16 · SunitaDone
- Home 17 · LockedRevisit
- Home 18 · MohanFilling…
✓ #BS-0413 synced to server
Start new surveyRegional hubs
Each region below has its own page with place-level detail.
Konkan division
Coast and MMR suburbs
Navi Mumbai, Kalyan Dombivali, Vasai Virar and Raigad: high-rise wards and heavy monsoon.
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Pune division
Western Maharashtra
Kolhapur, Solapur, Sangli and Satara: sugar co-operatives and industrial belts.
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Nashik division
North Maharashtra
Jalgaon, Malegaon, Dhule and Nandurbar: onion, banana and tribal talukas.
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Marathwada
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division
Nanded, Latur, Parbhani and Jalna: drought-prone dryland farming.
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Vidarbha
Amravati and Nagpur divisions
Amravati, Akola, Yavatmal and Chandrapur: cotton, forests and coal.
Learn more Our view
Municipal service surveys
UrbanWater, solid waste and property surveys by ward for Mahanagarpalikas and Nagar Parishads.
Facility audits
FacilitiesAnganwadi, school and health centre checklists with photos and timestamps.
| Brief | Suggested method | Maharashtra consideration |
|---|---|---|
| Mumbai and Pune consumers | Door to door in housing societies | Society permissions add lead time |
| Rural FMCG and agri inputs | Village household sample | Kharif sowing and harvest months cut availability |
| Retail distribution | Shop audit by town class | Nagar Parishad towns behave differently from corporations |
| Industrial workforce | Site intercepts | MIDC estates need employer access |
Many companies with CSR obligations run programmes around their own plants in Pune, Raigad, Aurangabad and Nagpur districts. We design baselines and end-lines around those catchments, compare them with similar villages outside, and hand over raw records so the board can audit what was reported.
For state and municipal schemes we stay outside the implementing chain: enumerators report to our supervisors, a share of interviews is back-checked, and every record carries location and duration. Maharashtra's split between Mahanagarpalikas, Nagar Parishads and gram panchayats is built into the sampling frame from the start.
We recruit and train enumerators for each project in the divisions a sample covers, because Varhadi in Vidarbha, Malvani on the Konkan coast and Mumbai's mixed Hindi-Marathi speech all change how a question lands. Konkan fieldwork avoids the peak June to September rains wherever deadlines allow.
Not the right fit if
- Loading voter rolls or tracking individual voters
- Promising a seat count or result
- Projects that need an iOS-only app
A good fit if
- NGO baselines in tribal talukas of Nandurbar, Gadchiroli or Palghar
- Marathi household studies you can audit
- Low-network villages that need an offline app
Mumbai
State capital and BMC wards.
Learn morePune
Education and IT hub.
Learn moreNagpur
Winter capital.
Learn moreNashik
North Maharashtra city.
Learn moreThane
Mumbai region city.
Learn moreKonkan division
Coastal hub.
Learn morePune division
Western hub.
Learn moreNashik division
Northern hub.
Learn moreMarathwada
Central hub.
Learn moreVidarbha
Eastern hub.
Learn moreAll locations
All states.
Learn moreDelhi
Capital region.
Learn moreChandigarh
Union territory.
Learn moreAndhra Pradesh
State hub.
Learn moreArunachal Pradesh
North-east.
Learn moreFAQ
Straight answers to the questions people ask most about this topic.
Do you run Maharashtra surveys in Marathi?
Yes. Questionnaires are written in Marathi, back-translated and piloted in a non-sample ward or village. For Mumbai, Thane and Malegaon wards we can add Hindi or Urdu versions, and the respondent chooses the language when the interview starts.
Can one study cover all 36 districts?
Yes, but we draw the sample by revenue division first, then by district, with urban and rural frames kept apart. That way a Vidarbha figure and a Konkan figure can each be read on its own before a weighted state figure is produced.
Do you have offices in Maharashtra?
We do not claim a local office. Field teams are deployed per project, and we recruit and train enumerators for the divisions the sample covers. Supervisors back-check a share of interviews using the GPS and duration logged on every record.
How do housing societies affect urban fieldwork?
Many Mumbai, Thane and Pune households live in gated societies where the secretary's permission is needed. We build that request into the schedule, carry an authorisation letter, and replace refused societies from a pre-drawn reserve list rather than skipping to convenient ones.
When is the next Vidhan Sabha election due?
The assembly elected in November 2024 has a five-year term ending in 2029. Exact dates are set only by the Election Commission of India, so we plan tracking rounds backwards from the term end and adjust once a schedule is announced.
India Nationwide, Hindi-first
Send the divisions, languages and dates, and we will reply with a sample plan and timeline.