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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
taraka rajendra sutar
Contact: 74****7146
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- LGD code
- 563189
- Pincode
- 412802
- Post office
- Khandala Bavada
- Population
- 418
- Households
- 107
- Literacy rate
- 82.3%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 239
- Distance to district centre
- 139 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 153 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 156 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 492 km
- Nearest railway station
- Salpa · 31 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chandak Prathamik Aarogya Kendra · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Zagalwadi compares
By population, Zagalwadi ranks #62 of 66 villages in Khandala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
82.3%
+6.7% vs mandal average
- Zagalwadi
- 82.3%
- Khandala mandal
- 75.6%
- Satara district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
+7 vs mandal average
- Zagalwadi
- 953
- Khandala mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Zagalwadi
- 3.9
- Khandala mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Zagalwadi at a glance
Zagalwadi is a village of 418 people in 107 households (Census 2011) in Khandala taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 62nd-largest of 66 villages in Khandala taluka. Literacy is 82%, 7 points above the taluka average of 76% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. It lies 139 km from the Satara district centre, 16 km from Narhe, the nearest town, 31 km from Salpa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 412802, served by Khandala Bavada post office; the LGD village code is 563189. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chandak Prathamik Aarogya Kendra, 9 km away. The sarpanch is taraka rajendra sutar , and the village votes in Ashti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dhas Suresh Ramchandra. The population is estimated at 493 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Zagalwadi
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- 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
- 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
- Bhor
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 201
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 130.78
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Zagalwadi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Zagalwadi
- LGD code
- 563189
- Pincode
- 412802
- Post office
- Khandala Bavada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 418
- Population (projected 2026)
- 493
- Households
- 107
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 82.3%
- Coordinates
- 18.05364°N, 73.89695°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Beed
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ashti
- Member of Parliament
- Bajrang Sonwane
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dhas Suresh Ramchandra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- taraka rajendra sutar
- Block / Mandal
- Khandala
Getting there
How to reach Zagalwadi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai156 kmcapital
- Hyderabad492 km
- Bengaluru690 km
- Chennai878 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSalpa31 km
- Bus stopOld ST Stand Wai12 km
- Hospital / PHCChandak Prathamik Aarogya Kendra9 km
- ATM / bankShivjyoti Sahakari Patpedhi Maraydit, Bhor11 km
- Petrol pumpShree Ram Samarth Petroleum11 km
- CollegeShri Vagdev Vidyalay32 km
- Police stationPolice Station12 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Zagalwadi
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)