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- LGD code
- 526153
- Pincode
- 425406
- Post office
- Shindkheda
- Population
- 1,202
- Households
- 218
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Sex ratio
- 864 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 597
- Distance to district centre
- 81 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 65 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 333 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 630 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ranala · 30 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Mhasawad · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sulwade compares
By population, Sulwade ranks #82 of 141 villages in Sindkhede mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.2%
+2.0% vs mandal average
Sulwade67.2%
Sindkhede mandal65.2%
Dhule district63.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
864
−76 vs mandal average
Sulwade864
Sindkhede mandal940
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.7 vs mandal average
Sulwade5.5
Sindkhede mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sulwade at a glance
Sulwade is a village of 1,202 people in 218 households (Census 2011) in Sindkhede taluka, Dhule district, Maharashtra, the 82nd-largest of 141 villages in Sindkhede taluka. Literacy is 67%, 2 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 864 women per 1,000 men. It lies 81 km from the Dhule district centre, 22 km from Prakasha, the nearest town, 30 km from Ranala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 425406, served by Shindkheda post office; the LGD village code is 526153. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Mhasawad, 5 km away. The village votes in Sindkheda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayakumar Rawal. The population is estimated at 1,417 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sulwade
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DONDAICHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 677.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 330
- Forest area (ha)
- 10.46
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Sulwade
- LGD code
- 526153
- Pincode
- 425406
- Post office
- Shindkheda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,202
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,417
- Households
- 218
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 864
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Coordinates
- 21.64137°N, 74.52513°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhule
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sindkheda
- Member of Parliament
- Bachhav Shobha Dinesh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jayakumar Rawal
- Block / Mandal
- Sindkhede
Getting there
How to reach Sulwade
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai333 kmcapital
- Hyderabad630 km
- Delhi821 km
- Bengaluru1017 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRanala30 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Mhasawad5 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India33 km
- CollegeG. H. Mahajan A.C.S. junior college, Taloda33 km
- Police stationPolice Station Taloda33 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
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