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- LGD code
- 551862
- Pincode
- 401603
- Post office
- Jawhar
- Population
- 1,268
- Households
- 192
- Literacy rate
- 58.5%
- Sex ratio
- 887 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 465
- Distance to district centre
- 105 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 145 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 44 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 580 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vangani · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Aayush Nursing Home · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vangani compares
By population, Vangani ranks #47 of 109 villages in Jawhar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.5%
+13.5% vs mandal average
Vangani58.5%
Jawhar mandal45.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
887
−140 vs mandal average
Vangani887
Jawhar mandal1,027
Household size
people per home
6.6
+1.7 vs mandal average
Vangani6.6
Jawhar mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vangani at a glance
Vangani is a village of 1,268 people in 192 households (Census 2011) in Jawhar taluka, Palghar district, Maharashtra, the 47th-largest of 109 villages in Jawhar taluka. Literacy is 59%, 14 points above the taluka average of 45% and the sex ratio is 887 women per 1,000 men. It lies 105 km from the Palghar district centre, 22 km from Nandiwali Tarf Pachanand, the nearest town, 1 km from Vangani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 401603, served by Jawhar post office; the LGD village code is 551862. The nearest hospital or health centre is Aayush Nursing Home, 7 km away. The village votes in Yevla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chhagan Bhujbal. The population is estimated at 1,495 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vangani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAWHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 135
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 471
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 58.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 410.3
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Vangani
- LGD code
- 551862
- Pincode
- 401603
- Post office
- Jawhar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,268
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,495
- Households
- 192
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 887
- Literacy rate
- 58.5%
- Coordinates
- 19.08913°N, 73.29288°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dindori
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yevla
- Member of Parliament
- Bhaskar Bhagare
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chhagan Bhujbal
- Block / Mandal
- Jawhar
- Nearest railway station
- Vangani (1.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Vangani
Nearest town · 36,163 people
Nandiwali Tarf Pachanand · ≈ 22 km
≈ 45 min by car · 53 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai44 kmcapital
- Hyderabad580 km
- Bengaluru821 km
- Chennai1001 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVangani1 km
- Bus stopGandhi Chauk10 km
- Hospital / PHCAayush Nursing Home7 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank ATM7 km
- Petrol pumpHP8 km
- CollegeRegal College24 km
- Police stationKulgaon Police Station9 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Vangani1.0 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
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