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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 528405
- Pincode
- 444304
- Post office
- Matergaon
- Population
- 224
- Households
- 49
- Literacy rate
- 71%
- Sex ratio
- 931 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 140
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 432 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 439 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jalamb Junction · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Gadegaon · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Waradh compares
By population, Waradh ranks #66 of 73 villages in Shegaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.0%
−5.8% vs mandal average
- Waradh
- 71.0%
- Shegaon mandal
- 76.8%
- Buldhana district
- 72.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
931
+7 vs mandal average
- Waradh
- 931
- Shegaon mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Waradh
- 4.6
- Shegaon mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Waradh at a glance
Waradh is a village of 224 people in 49 households (Census 2011) in Shegaon taluka, Buldhana district, Maharashtra, the 66th-largest of 73 villages in Shegaon taluka. Literacy is 71%, 6 points below the taluka average of 77% and the sex ratio is 931 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Buldhana district centre, 33 km from Bodwad, the nearest town, 8 km from Jalamb Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 444304, served by Matergaon post office; the LGD village code is 528405. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Gadegaon, 11 km away. The village votes in Jalgaon (jamod) assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Sanjay Kute. The population is estimated at 264 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Waradh
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Nandura
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 363.89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 325.19
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Waradh
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Waradh
- LGD code
- 528405
- Pincode
- 444304
- Post office
- Matergaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 224
- Population (projected 2026)
- 264
- Households
- 49
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 931
- Literacy rate
- 71.0%
- Coordinates
- 20.88310°N, 76.54119°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Buldhana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jalgaon (jamod)
- Member of Parliament
- Prataprao Jadhav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Sanjay Kute
- Block / Mandal
- Shegaon
Getting there
How to reach Waradh
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai432 kmcapital
- Hyderabad439 km
- Delhi862 km
- Bengaluru887 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJalamb Junction8 km
- Bus stopChangefal bk.20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Gadegaon11 km
- ATM / bankVidarbha Konkan Grameen Bank10 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil29 km
- CollegeShri Dnyaneshwar Maskuji Burunale College19 km
- Police stationPolice Station - Malkapur City35 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 444304
Villages near Waradh
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- Bhongaon
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- Takali Viro
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- Kalkhed
- Palodi
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- Sawarna
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)