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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
- 554837
- Pincode
- 402113
- Post office
- Walwati
- Population
- 609
- Households
- 134
- Literacy rate
- 80.8%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 161
Census 2011 · in context
How Walvati compares
By population, Walvati ranks #31 of 77 villages in Shrivardhan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.8%
+9.3% vs mandal average
- Walvati
- 80.8%
- Shrivardhan mandal
- 71.5%
- Raigad district
- 73.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
−204 vs mandal average
- Walvati
- 990
- Shrivardhan mandal
- 1,194
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Walvati
- 4.5
- Shrivardhan mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Walvati at a glance
Walvati is a village of 609 people in 134 households (Census 2011) in Shrivardhan taluka, Raigad district, Maharashtra, the 31st-largest of 77 villages in Shrivardhan taluka. Literacy is 81%, 9 points above the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 402113, served by Walwati post office; the LGD village code is 554837. The sarpanch is walvati , and the village votes in Bhor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shankar Hiraman Mandekar. The population is estimated at 718 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Walvati
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHRIVARDHAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 134
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 215.43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15.99
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Walvati
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Walvati
- LGD code
- 554837
- Pincode
- 402113
- Post office
- Walwati
- Population (Census 2011)
- 609
- Population (projected 2026)
- 718
- Households
- 134
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 80.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Baramati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhor
- Member of Parliament
- Supriya Sule
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shankar Hiraman Mandekar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- walvati
- Block / Mandal
- Shrivardhan
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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
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)