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Anandwadi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Anandwadi ranks #52 of 86 villages in Jamkhed mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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