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- LGD code
- 558687
- Pincode
- 413201
- Post office
- Jamkhed
- Population
- 866
- Households
- 166
- Literacy rate
- 52%
- Sex ratio
- 887 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 469
- Distance to district centre
- 296 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 213 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 566 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 429 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chandur Bazar · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Meer Clinic, Ridhpur · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Anandwadi compares
By population, Anandwadi ranks #52 of 86 villages in Jamkhed mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.0%
−9.3% vs mandal average
Anandwadi52.0%
Jamkhed mandal61.3%
Ahmednagar district69.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
887
−24 vs mandal average
Anandwadi887
Jamkhed mandal911
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.5 vs mandal average
Anandwadi5.2
Jamkhed mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Anandwadi at a glance
Anandwadi is a village of 866 people in 166 households (Census 2011) in Jamkhed taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, the 52nd-largest of 86 villages in Jamkhed taluka. Literacy is 52%, 9 points below the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 887 women per 1,000 men. It lies 296 km from the Ahmednagar district centre, 16 km from Bramhanwada Thadi, the nearest town, 8 km from Chandur Bazar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413201, served by Jamkhed post office; the LGD village code is 558687. The nearest hospital or health centre is Meer Clinic, Ridhpur, 6 km away. The village votes in Jintur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bordikar Meghna Deepak Sakore. The population is estimated at 992 in 2026, up 15% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Anandwadi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AHMADNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 90
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 349.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 280.52
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Anandwadi
- LGD code
- 558687
- Pincode
- 413201
- Post office
- Jamkhed
- Population (Census 2011)
- 866
- Population (projected 2026)
- 992
- Households
- 166
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 887
- Literacy rate
- 52.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.18830°N, 77.80681°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Parbhani
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jintur
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Jadhav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bordikar Meghna Deepak Sakore
- Block / Mandal
- Jamkhed
Getting there
How to reach Anandwadi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai566 kmcapital
- Hyderabad429 km
- Delhi828 km
- Bengaluru914 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChandur Bazar8 km
- Hospital / PHCMeer Clinic, Ridhpur6 km
- ATM / bankBank of maharashtra kathora bk23 km
- Petrol pumpIOCL18 km
- CollegeDepartment of Mathematics27 km
- Police stationOffice of Superintendant of Police, Amravati28 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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