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Dry spell grips Maharashtra as 83 talukas in 19 districts get no rain
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- LGD code
- 531520
- Pincode
- 444702
- Post office
- Dharni
- Population
- 1,013
- Households
- 172
- Literacy rate
- 70.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1042 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 548
- Distance to district centre
- 87 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 508 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 487 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dabka · 34 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SDH, Dharni · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bod compares
By population, Bod ranks #72 of 149 villages in Dharni mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.3%
+6.6% vs mandal average
- Bod
- 70.3%
- Dharni mandal
- 63.7%
- Amravati district
- 78.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,042
+73 vs mandal average
- Bod
- 1,042
- Dharni mandal
- 969
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Bod
- 5.9
- Dharni mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bod at a glance
Bod is a village of 1,013 people in 172 households (Census 2011) in Dharni taluka, Amravati district, Maharashtra, the 72nd-largest of 149 villages in Dharni taluka. Literacy is 70%, 7 points above the taluka average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,042 women per 1,000 men. It lies 87 km from the Amravati district centre, 51 km from Rahu, the nearest town, 34 km from Dabka railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 444702, served by Dharni post office; the LGD village code is 531520. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH, Dharni, 11 km away. The village votes in Melghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kewalram Tulsiram Kale. The population is estimated at 1,194 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bod
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ACHALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 80
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 138
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 489
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 354.52
- Forest area (ha)
- 15
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bod
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bod
- LGD code
- 531520
- Pincode
- 444702
- Post office
- Dharni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,013
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,194
- Households
- 172
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1042
- Literacy rate
- 70.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.52984°N, 76.99043°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amravati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Melghat
- Member of Parliament
- Balwant Wankhade
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kewalram Tulsiram Kale
- Block / Mandal
- Dharni
Getting there
How to reach Bod
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai508 kmcapital
- Hyderabad487 km
- Delhi788 km
- Bengaluru954 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDabka34 km
- Hospital / PHCSDH, Dharni11 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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