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Women Farmers in India: Maharashtra’s Law and the Recognition Gap
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- LGD code
- 555147
- Pincode
- 402301
- Post office
- Mahad
- Population
- 702
- Households
- 135
- Literacy rate
- 81.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1147 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 133
Census 2011 · in context
How Wave compares
By population, Wave ranks #12 of 86 villages in Poladpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.2%
+14.8% vs mandal average
- Wave
- 81.2%
- Poladpur mandal
- 66.4%
- Raigad district
- 73.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,147
+23 vs mandal average
- Wave
- 1,147
- Poladpur mandal
- 1,124
Household size
people per home
5.2
+1.4 vs mandal average
- Wave
- 5.2
- Poladpur mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Wave at a glance
Wave is a village of 702 people in 135 households (Census 2011) in Poladpur taluka, Raigad district, Maharashtra, the 12th-largest of 86 villages in Poladpur taluka. Literacy is 81%, 15 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,147 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 402301, served by Mahad post office; the LGD village code is 555147. The village votes in Purandar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijaybapu Shivtare. The population is estimated at 828 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Wave
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- MAHAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 133
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 188.67
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 107
- Forest area (ha)
- 20
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Wave
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Wave
- LGD code
- 555147
- Pincode
- 402301
- Post office
- Mahad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 702
- Population (projected 2026)
- 828
- Households
- 135
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1147
- Literacy rate
- 81.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Baramati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purandar
- Member of Parliament
- Supriya Sule
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijaybapu Shivtare
- Block / Mandal
- Poladpur
- Nearest police station
- Rural Police Station, Supe (12.8 km)
- Nearest post office
- Post Office, Supe (13.4 km)
- Nearest bank
- Pune Zilla Madhyavarti Sahakari Bank ATM (10.7 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Yavat (12.2 km)
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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, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)