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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shakuntala Namdev Jadhav
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- LGD code
- 545425
- Pincode
- 431742
- Post office
- Kurula
- Population
- 2,223
- Households
- 444
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Sex ratio
- 945 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,103
- Distance to district centre
- 82 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 28 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 444 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 212 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chakur · 36 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gunai Hospital · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Wahad compares
By population, Wahad ranks #32 of 121 villages in Kandhar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.1%
−7.7% vs mandal average
Wahad55.1%
Kandhar mandal62.8%
Nanded district65.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
945
+12 vs mandal average
Wahad945
Kandhar mandal933
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
Wahad5.0
Kandhar mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Wahad at a glance
Wahad is a village of 2,223 people in 444 households (Census 2011) in Kandhar taluka, Nanded district, Maharashtra, the 32nd-largest of 121 villages in Kandhar taluka. Literacy is 55%, 8 points below the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 945 women per 1,000 men. It lies 82 km from the Nanded district centre, 17 km from Shirur Tajband, the nearest town, 36 km from Chakur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 431742, served by Kurula post office; the LGD village code is 545425. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gunai Hospital, 16 km away. The sarpanch is Shakuntala Namdev Jadhav, and the village votes in Loha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar. The population is estimated at 2,621 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Wahad
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Kandhar
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 804.94
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 125.79
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Wahad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Wahad
- LGD code
- 545425
- Pincode
- 431742
- Post office
- Kurula
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,223
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,621
- Households
- 444
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 945
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Coordinates
- 18.74885°N, 77.08503°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Latur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Loha
- Member of Parliament
- Shivaji Kalge
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shakuntala Namdev Jadhav
- Block / Mandal
- Kandhar
Getting there
How to reach Wahad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai444 kmcapital
- Hyderabad212 km
- Bengaluru645 km
- Chennai716 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChakur36 km
- Hospital / PHCGunai Hospital16 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump38 km
- CollegeShri Havagiswami College40 km
- Police stationPalam Police Station32 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)