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- LGD code
- 537339
- Pincode
- 441910
- Post office
- Pauni
- Population
- 1,576
- Households
- 350
- Literacy rate
- 75.2%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 842
- Distance to district centre
- 30 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 736 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 401 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhuyar · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Pauni · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhendara compares
By population, Bhendara ranks #22 of 155 villages in Pauni mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.2%
+3.1% vs mandal average
- Bhendara
- 75.2%
- Pauni mandal
- 72.1%
- Bhandara district
- 75.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
−33 vs mandal average
- Bhendara
- 953
- Pauni mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Bhendara
- 4.5
- Pauni mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhendara at a glance
Bhendara is a village of 1,576 people in 350 households (Census 2011) in Pauni taluka, Bhandara district, Maharashtra, the 22nd-largest of 155 villages in Pauni taluka. Literacy is 75%, 3 points above the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Bhandara district centre, 14 km from Nanded, the nearest town, 15 km from Bhuyar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441910, served by Pauni post office; the LGD village code is 537339. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Pauni, 4 km away. The village votes in Bhandara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhondekar Narendra Bhojraj. The population is estimated at 1,858 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhendara
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Pauni
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 48
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 391.13
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 159.49
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhendara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhendara
- LGD code
- 537339
- Pincode
- 441910
- Post office
- Pauni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,576
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,858
- Households
- 350
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 75.2%
- Coordinates
- 20.81238°N, 79.67403°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhandara-Gondiya
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhandara
- Member of Parliament
- Prashant Padole
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhondekar Narendra Bhojraj
- Block / Mandal
- Pauni
Getting there
How to reach Bhendara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai736 kmcapital
- Hyderabad401 km
- Chennai862 km
- Bengaluru899 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhuyar15 km
- Bus stopNilaj15 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Pauni4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India26 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil15 km
- CollegeNisha Chitrakala & Shilpkala Mahavidyalaya29 km
- Police stationPolice Station30 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)