Lead story
17
September 2026
newsSTATE
Maharashtra govt decides to provide soft loans to sugar mills to clear pending dues of farmers for 2025-26 crushing season
Reported by News On AIR.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Information not yet available
No sarpanch on record yet. Sign in to add it — verified residents publish it directly, others need one community vouch.
- LGD code
- 533410
- Pincode
- 442202
- Post office
- Ashti (Wardha)
- Population
- 2,409
- Households
- 534
- Literacy rate
- 77.1%
- Sex ratio
- 962 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,361
- Distance to district centre
- 89 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 116 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 645 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 457 km
- Nearest railway station
- Narkher · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bihare Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Manikwada compares
By population, Manikwada ranks #6 of 157 villages in Ashti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.1%
−0.2% vs mandal average
- Manikwada
- 77.1%
- Ashti mandal
- 77.3%
- Wardha district
- 78.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
962
+22 vs mandal average
- Manikwada
- 962
- Ashti mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Manikwada
- 4.5
- Ashti mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Manikwada at a glance
Manikwada is a village of 2,409 people in 534 households (Census 2011) in Ashti taluka, Wardha district, Maharashtra, the 6th-largest of 157 villages in Ashti taluka. Literacy is 77%, about the same as the taluka average of 77% and the sex ratio is 962 women per 1,000 men. It lies 89 km from the Wardha district centre, 14 km from Pusla, the nearest town, 4 km from Narkher railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442202, served by Ashti (Wardha) post office; the LGD village code is 533410. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bihare Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Dhamangaon Railway assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adsad Pratap Arunbhau. The population is estimated at 2,840 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Manikwada →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 2/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch nameWho leads the gram panchayat today
- Panchayat contactA number residents can call
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Manikwada
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- ARVI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 102
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 788
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 639.86
- Forest area (ha)
- 32.49
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Manikwada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Manikwada
- LGD code
- 533410
- Pincode
- 442202
- Post office
- Ashti (Wardha)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,409
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,840
- Households
- 534
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 962
- Literacy rate
- 77.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.49646°N, 78.49645°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Wardha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamangaon Railway
- Member of Parliament
- Amar Kale
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adsad Pratap Arunbhau
- Block / Mandal
- Ashti
Getting there
How to reach Manikwada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai645 kmcapital
- Hyderabad457 km
- Delhi802 km
- Bengaluru953 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNarkher4 km
- Bus stopBus Stand Pandhurna11 km
- Hospital / PHCBihare Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankBank of Maharshtra ATM11 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum11 km
- CollegeMankar Adarsha Vidyalaya50 km
- Police stationPolice Station Pandhurna11 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 442202
Same name, different place
Other villages named Manikwada
Looking for a different Manikwada? 2 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Manikwada →
Villages near Manikwada
Other villages in Ashti mandal
View all 60+ →- Ashti
- Sahur
- Kakad Dara (Saza Dhadi)
- Ramdara
- Peth Ahmadpur
- Bharaswada
- Lahan Arvi
- Talegaon
- Dhadi
- Borgaon
- Tarasawanga
- Moi
- Chistur
- Dugrawada
- Navin Ashti
- Thar
- Belora Bk
- Bhishnur
- Khadki
- Navin Antora
- Tekoda
- Parsoda
- Navin Kakaddara
- Kinhala
- Belora Kh
- Delwadi
- Khambit
- Porgavhan
- Wadala
- Wardhapur
- Antora
- Narsingpur
- Sirsoli
- Abadkinhi
- Khadaka
- Ajitpur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)