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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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- LGD code
- 526229
- Pincode
- 425407
- Post office
- Chimthana
- Population
- 1,328
- Households
- 276
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Sex ratio
- 908 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 765
Census 2011 · in context
How Wadi compares
By population, Wadi ranks #74 of 141 villages in Sindkhede mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.1%
−7.1% vs mandal average
- Wadi
- 58.1%
- Sindkhede mandal
- 65.2%
- Dhule district
- 63.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
908
−32 vs mandal average
- Wadi
- 908
- Sindkhede mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Wadi
- 4.8
- Sindkhede mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Wadi at a glance
Wadi is a village of 1,328 people in 276 households (Census 2011) in Sindkhede taluka, Dhule district, Maharashtra, the 74th-largest of 141 villages in Sindkhede taluka. Literacy is 58%, 7 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 908 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 425407, served by Chimthana post office; the LGD village code is 526229. The village votes in Sindkheda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayakumar Rawal. The population is estimated at 1,566 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Wadi
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 53
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 865.36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 633.91
- Forest area (ha)
- 171.45
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Wadi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Wadi
- LGD code
- 526229
- Pincode
- 425407
- Post office
- Chimthana
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,328
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,566
- Households
- 276
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 908
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhule
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sindkheda
- Member of Parliament
- Bachhav Shobha Dinesh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jayakumar Rawal
- Block / Mandal
- Sindkhede
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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)