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- LGD code
- 554986
- Pincode
- 402306
- Post office
- Varandh
- Population
- 558
- Households
- 123
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Sex ratio
- 944 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 160
- Distance to district centre
- 93 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 66 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 207 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 418 km
- Nearest railway station
- Katphal · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chandrika Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Parwadi compares
By population, Parwadi ranks #97 of 181 villages in Mahad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.5%
−15.9% vs mandal average
Parwadi54.5%
Mahad mandal70.4%
Raigad district73.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
944
−115 vs mandal average
Parwadi944
Mahad mandal1,059
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
Parwadi4.5
Mahad mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Parwadi at a glance
Parwadi is a village of 558 people in 123 households (Census 2011) in Mahad taluka, Raigad district, Maharashtra, the 97th-largest of 181 villages in Mahad taluka. Literacy is 55%, 16 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. It lies 93 km from the Raigad district centre, 12 km from Akole, the nearest town, 8 km from Katphal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 402306, served by Varandh post office; the LGD village code is 554986. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chandrika Hospital, 9 km away. The village votes in Purandar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijaybapu Shivtare. The population is estimated at 658 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Parwadi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MAHAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 132
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 416.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 57.68
- Forest area (ha)
- 118.84
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Parwadi
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Key facts — Parwadi
- LGD code
- 554986
- Pincode
- 402306
- Post office
- Varandh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 558
- Population (projected 2026)
- 658
- Households
- 123
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 944
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Coordinates
- 18.28144°N, 74.65152°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Baramati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purandar
- Member of Parliament
- Supriya Sule
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijaybapu Shivtare
- Block / Mandal
- Mahad
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Shirish Kankariya (83.3 km)
- Nearest bank
- Indusbank (83.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Parwadi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai207 kmcapital
- Hyderabad418 km
- Bengaluru669 km
- Chennai834 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKatphal8 km
- Hospital / PHCChandrika Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankIDBI ATM10 km
- Petrol pumpKrishna Petroleum15 km
- CollegeITI COLLEGE INDAPUR44 km
- Police stationHighway Police18 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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