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[caption id="attachment_16245" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Sachin Tendulkar adopted village of Maharashtra. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: Being the Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar continued his service for the nation. Previously adopting a village in Andhra Pradesh Sachin changed the village totally. Now it may be the turn of Donja village of Maharastra. Last year in November MP Sachin Tendulkar adopted Puttamraju Kandriga village of Andhra Pradesh under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna.  Now the village dazzles with concrete roads and continuous supply of electricity. Within one year of this adaptation villagers realized that an MP has adopted the village for development. This time he adopted Donja village of Osmanabad district of Maharashtra. This village was vastly destructed due to the massive drought occurred this year. However, the whole district is affected by drought for past few years. "We are happy that Tendulkar has picked Donja. We are sure this will inspire other villages in the region to emulate this model of development," Osmanabad Zilla Parishad CEO Anand Rayate said. Donja is a village in Paranda of Osmanabad. As per 2011 census 582 families residing there. It has a population of 2,863 of which 1,508 are males while 1,355 are females. The literacy rate of Donja in 2011 was 72.17 per cent, lower than 82.34 per cent of Maharashtra. Male literacy rate stands at 78.75 per cent, while female literacy rate was 64.84 per cent.