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- LGD code
- 526242
- Pincode
- 424305
- Post office
- Nizampur (Dhule)
- Population
- 1,217
- Households
- 256
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1002 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 703
- Distance to district centre
- 71 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 48 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 274 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 618 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhadwad · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nandurbar Hospital Pvt Ltd · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vitawe compares
By population, Vitawe ranks #131 of 222 villages in Sakri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.3%
−2.7% vs mandal average
Vitawe51.3%
Sakri mandal54.0%
Dhule district63.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,002
+30 vs mandal average
Vitawe1,002
Sakri mandal972
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.1 vs mandal average
Vitawe4.8
Sakri mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vitawe at a glance
Vitawe is a village of 1,217 people in 256 households (Census 2011) in Sakri taluka, Dhule district, Maharashtra, the 131st-largest of 222 villages in Sakri taluka. Literacy is 51%, 3 points below the taluka average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,002 women per 1,000 men. It lies 71 km from the Dhule district centre, 13 km from Songir, the nearest town, 17 km from Bhadwad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 424305, served by Nizampur (Dhule) post office; the LGD village code is 526242. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nandurbar Hospital Pvt Ltd, 15 km away. The village votes in Dhule Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghavendra (Ramdada) Manohar Patil. The population is estimated at 1,435 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vitawe
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- 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
- 1
- 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
- NANDURBAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 102
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 47
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 784.22
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 320.51
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vitawe
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Key facts — Vitawe
- LGD code
- 526242
- Pincode
- 424305
- Post office
- Nizampur (Dhule)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,217
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,435
- Households
- 256
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1002
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Coordinates
- 21.20539°N, 74.20374°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhule
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhule Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Bachhav Shobha Dinesh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghavendra (Ramdada) Manohar Patil
- Block / Mandal
- Sakri
Getting there
How to reach Vitawe
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai274 kmcapital
- Hyderabad618 km
- Delhi878 km
- Bengaluru984 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhadwad17 km
- Hospital / PHCNandurbar Hospital Pvt Ltd15 km
- ATM / bankBank of baroda39 km
- Petrol pumpHP30 km
- CollegeG. H. Mahajan A.C.S. junior college, Taloda40 km
- Police stationPolice Station Taloda40 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)