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‘Save every drop’: Why 1 village stays green as drought ravages Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 539028
- Pincode
- 442606
- Post office
- Dhanora
- Population
- 488
- Households
- 62
- Literacy rate
- 74.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1008 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 180
- Distance to district centre
- 48 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 56 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 799 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 367 km
- Nearest railway station
- Keoti · 70 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Dhanora · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kamangad compares
By population, Kamangad ranks #45 of 228 villages in Dhanora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.8%
+11.6% vs mandal average
Kamangad74.8%
Dhanora mandal63.2%
Gadchiroli district66.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,008
+17 vs mandal average
Kamangad1,008
Dhanora mandal991
Household size
people per home
7.9
+3.4 vs mandal average
Kamangad7.9
Dhanora mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kamangad at a glance
Kamangad is a village of 488 people in 62 households (Census 2011) in Dhanora taluka, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, the 45th-largest of 228 villages in Dhanora taluka. Literacy is 75%, 12 points above the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,008 women per 1,000 men. It lies 48 km from the Gadchiroli district centre, 60 km from Chamorshi, the nearest town, 70 km from Keoti railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442606, served by Dhanora post office; the LGD village code is 539028. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Dhanora, 20 km away. The village votes in Brahmapuri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Wadettiwar. The population is estimated at 575 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kamangad
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GADCHIROLI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 85
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 866.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 781.07
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kamangad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kamangad
- LGD code
- 539028
- Pincode
- 442606
- Post office
- Dhanora
- Population (Census 2011)
- 488
- Population (projected 2026)
- 575
- Households
- 62
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1008
- Literacy rate
- 74.8%
- Coordinates
- 20.12619°N, 80.42418°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gadchiroli-Chimur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Brahmapuri
- Member of Parliament
- Namdeo Kirsan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Wadettiwar
- Block / Mandal
- Dhanora
Getting there
How to reach Kamangad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai799 kmcapital
- Hyderabad367 km
- Chennai783 km
- Bengaluru851 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKeoti70 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Dhanora20 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India27 km
- Petrol pumpCM Petrol Pump20 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Ghot57 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)