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- LGD code
- 568831
- Pincode
- 416402
- Post office
- Daphalapur
- Population
- 4,699
- Households
- 980
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Sex ratio
- 955 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,653
- Distance to district centre
- 60 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 39 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 323 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 366 km
- Nearest railway station
- Langarpeth · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Ananthapur · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baj compares
By population, Baj ranks #13 of 116 villages in Jat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.3%
−8.0% vs mandal average
- Baj
- 53.3%
- Jat mandal
- 61.3%
- Sangli district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
955
+3 vs mandal average
- Baj
- 955
- Jat mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Baj
- 4.8
- Jat mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baj at a glance
Baj is a village of 4,699 people in 980 households (Census 2011) in Jat taluka, Sangli district, Maharashtra, the 13th-largest of 116 villages in Jat taluka. Literacy is 53%, 8 points below the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 955 women per 1,000 men. It lies 60 km from the Sangli district centre, 22 km from Kavathe Mahankal, the nearest town, 11 km from Langarpeth railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416402, served by Daphalapur post office; the LGD village code is 568831. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Ananthapur, 14 km away. The village votes in Jat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopichand Kundlik Padalkar. The population is estimated at 5,540 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baj
- 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)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 6
- Middle school
- 3
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Sangli Miraj Kupwad
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 70
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 2,655
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2,302.32
- Forest area (ha)
- 134.45
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baj
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Key facts — Baj
- LGD code
- 568831
- Pincode
- 416402
- Post office
- Daphalapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,699
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,540
- Households
- 980
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 955
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Coordinates
- 17.04768°N, 75.06263°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sangli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jat
- Member of Parliament
- Vishal Patil
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gopichand Kundlik Padalkar
- Block / Mandal
- Jat
Getting there
How to reach Baj
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai323 kmcapital
- Hyderabad366 km
- Bengaluru529 km
- Chennai712 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLangarpeth11 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Ananthapur14 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda36 km
- Petrol pumpBPCL18 km
- CollegeShiram Vidaylay hatid26 km
- Police stationJat Police Station16 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)