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- LGD code
- 568936
- Pincode
- 416404
- Post office
- Jath
- Population
- 4,295
- Households
- 861
- Literacy rate
- 61%
- Sex ratio
- 987 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,046
- Distance to district centre
- 80 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 22 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 349 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 338 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jath Road · 35 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Kanamadi · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Muchandi compares
By population, Muchandi ranks #16 of 116 villages in Jat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.0%
−0.3% vs mandal average
- Muchandi
- 61.0%
- Jat mandal
- 61.3%
- Sangli district
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
987
+35 vs mandal average
- Muchandi
- 987
- Jat mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Muchandi
- 5.0
- Jat mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Muchandi at a glance
Muchandi is a village of 4,295 people in 861 households (Census 2011) in Jat taluka, Sangli district, Maharashtra, the 16th-largest of 116 villages in Jat taluka. Literacy is 61%, about the same as the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. It lies 80 km from the Sangli district centre, 8 km from Kanamadi, the nearest town, 35 km from Jath Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416404, served by Jath post office; the LGD village code is 568936. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Kanamadi, 7 km away. The village votes in Jat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopichand Kundlik Padalkar. The population is estimated at 5,064 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Muchandi
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 7
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- 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
- BIJAPUR (KARNATAKA)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 4,524
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3,282.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 684.57
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Muchandi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Muchandi
- LGD code
- 568936
- Pincode
- 416404
- Post office
- Jath
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,295
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,064
- Households
- 861
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 987
- Literacy rate
- 61.0%
- Coordinates
- 16.98186°N, 75.33570°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 Muchandi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai349 kmcapital
- Hyderabad338 km
- Bengaluru508 km
- Chennai685 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJath Road35 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Kanamadi7 km
- ATM / bankSyndicate Bank ATM25 km
- CollegeKarnataka State Women's University37 km
- Police stationJat Police Station16 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)