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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 549870
- Pincode
- 423502
- Post office
- Abhona
- Population
- 628
- Households
- 136
- Literacy rate
- 59.2%
- Sex ratio
- 963 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 374
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 286 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 439 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chikalthana · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Phulambri · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barde compares
By population, Barde ranks #122 of 151 villages in Kalwan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.2%
+0.8% vs mandal average
- Barde
- 59.2%
- Kalwan mandal
- 58.4%
- Nashik district
- 71.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
963
Same as the mandal average
- Barde
- 963
- Kalwan mandal
- 963
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Barde
- 4.6
- Kalwan mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barde at a glance
Barde is a village of 628 people in 136 households (Census 2011) in Kalwan taluka, Nashik district, Maharashtra, the 122nd-largest of 151 villages in Kalwan taluka. Literacy is 59%, about the same as the taluka average of 58% and the sex ratio is 963 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Nashik district centre, 39 km from Bidkin, the nearest town, 20 km from Chikalthana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 423502, served by Abhona post office; the LGD village code is 549870. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Phulambri, 4 km away. The village votes in Phulambri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anuradha Chavan. The population is estimated at 740 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barde
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NASHIK
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 80
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 314
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 199
- Forest area (ha)
- 78
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barde
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barde
- LGD code
- 549870
- Pincode
- 423502
- Post office
- Abhona
- Population (Census 2011)
- 628
- Population (projected 2026)
- 740
- Households
- 136
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 963
- Literacy rate
- 59.2%
- Coordinates
- 20.04294°N, 75.40753°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jalna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Phulambri
- Member of Parliament
- Kalyan Kale
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anuradha Chavan
- Block / Mandal
- Kalwan
Getting there
How to reach Barde
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai286 kmcapital
- Hyderabad439 km
- Bengaluru820 km
- Chennai931 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChikalthana20 km
- Bus stopPhulambri bus stop5 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Phulambri4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpBhavani petrol pump19 km
- Collegenaukhanda college19 km
- Police stationk.c.police s21 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Barde
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕mahadeo mandir vitekar wadiTemple1.7 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)