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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 537450
- Pincode
- 441803
- Post office
- Lakhandur
- Population
- 2,783
- Households
- 645
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Sex ratio
- 992 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,564
- Distance to district centre
- 32 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 752 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 406 km
- Nearest railway station
- Wadegaon · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Lakhandur · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mandhal compares
By population, Mandhal ranks #11 of 88 villages in Lakhandur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.9%
+0.9% vs mandal average
- Mandhal
- 70.9%
- Lakhandur mandal
- 70.0%
- Bhandara district
- 75.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
992
Same as the mandal average
- Mandhal
- 992
- Lakhandur mandal
- 992
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Mandhal
- 4.3
- Lakhandur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mandhal at a glance
Mandhal is a village of 2,783 people in 645 households (Census 2011) in Lakhandur taluka, Bhandara district, Maharashtra, the 11th-largest of 88 villages in Lakhandur taluka. Literacy is 71%, about the same as the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 992 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Bhandara district centre, 9 km from Nanded, the nearest town, 16 km from Wadegaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441803, served by Lakhandur post office; the LGD village code is 537450. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Lakhandur, 7 km away. The village votes in Bhandara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhondekar Narendra Bhojraj. The population is estimated at 3,281 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mandhal
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- Pauni
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 38
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 650.95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 452
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mandhal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mandhal
- LGD code
- 537450
- Pincode
- 441803
- Post office
- Lakhandur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,783
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,281
- Households
- 645
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 992
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Coordinates
- 20.80471°N, 79.83167°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhandara-Gondiya
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhandara
- Member of Parliament
- Prashant Padole
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhondekar Narendra Bhojraj
- Block / Mandal
- Lakhandur
Getting there
How to reach Mandhal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai752 kmcapital
- Hyderabad406 km
- Chennai860 km
- Bengaluru903 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationWadegaon16 km
- Bus stopNagpur Bus Stop24 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Lakhandur7 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpPremsai Petrol Pump19 km
- CollegeVithobaji Amle College22 km
- Police stationPolice Station22 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)