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- LGD code
- 543560
- Pincode
- 445302
- Post office
- Pandharkawda
- Population
- 584
- Households
- 142
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 358
- Distance to district centre
- 5 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 537 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 337 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tapona · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sant Devidas Maharaj Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rudha compares
By population, Rudha ranks #79 of 132 villages in Kelapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.3%
−9.3% vs mandal average
- Rudha
- 60.3%
- Kelapur mandal
- 69.6%
- Yavatmal district
- 73.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
−10 vs mandal average
- Rudha
- 966
- Kelapur mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
4.1
Same as the mandal average
- Rudha
- 4.1
- Kelapur mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rudha at a glance
Rudha is a village of 584 people in 142 households (Census 2011) in Kelapur taluka, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, the 79th-largest of 132 villages in Kelapur taluka. Literacy is 60%, 9 points below the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Yavatmal district centre, 59 km from Tembhurni, the nearest town, 4 km from Tapona railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 445302, served by Pandharkawda post office; the LGD village code is 543560. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sant Devidas Maharaj Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Digras assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Rathod. The population is estimated at 689 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rudha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ADILABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 105
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 708.12
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 310.32
- Forest area (ha)
- 302.28
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rudha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rudha
- LGD code
- 543560
- Pincode
- 445302
- Post office
- Pandharkawda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 584
- Population (projected 2026)
- 689
- Households
- 142
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Coordinates
- 20.34948°N, 77.83043°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal-Washim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Digras
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Deshmukh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Rathod
- Block / Mandal
- Kelapur
Getting there
How to reach Rudha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai537 kmcapital
- Hyderabad337 km
- Bengaluru821 km
- Chennai849 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTapona4 km
- Hospital / PHCSant Devidas Maharaj Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankBank of India ATM27 km
- Petrol pumpIndian oil13 km
- Police stationYavatmal City Police Station32 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)