Lead story
30
September 2026
newsSTATE
Maharashtra Drought: Tulshi Village Put On Sale Over Water Crisis
Reported by India Today.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Information not yet available
No sarpanch on record yet. Sign in to add it — verified residents publish it directly, others need one community vouch.
- LGD code
- 568940
- Pincode
- 416404
- Post office
- Jath
- Population
- 2,351
- Households
- 419
- Literacy rate
- 61.1%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,297
- Distance to district centre
- 78 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 41 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 340 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 360 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kawathe Mahankal · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Ananthapur · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vajrawad compares
By population, Vajrawad ranks #44 of 116 villages in Jat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.1%
−0.2% vs mandal average
Vajrawad61.1%
Jat mandal61.3%
Sangli district72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
+1 vs mandal average
Vajrawad953
Jat mandal952
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.5 vs mandal average
Vajrawad5.6
Jat mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vajrawad at a glance
Vajrawad is a village of 2,351 people in 419 households (Census 2011) in Jat taluka, Sangli district, Maharashtra, the 44th-largest of 116 villages in Jat taluka. Literacy is 61%, about the same as the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. It lies 78 km from the Sangli district centre, 22 km from Ugar Budruk, the nearest town, 23 km from Kawathe Mahankal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416404, served by Jath post office; the LGD village code is 568940. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Ananthapur, 7 km away. The village votes in Jat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopichand Kundlik Padalkar. The population is estimated at 2,772 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Vajrawad →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 2/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch nameWho leads the gram panchayat today
- Panchayat contactA number residents can call
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vajrawad
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 2
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIJAPUR (KARNATAKA)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 118
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,074.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 547.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 44.27
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vajrawad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vajrawad
- LGD code
- 568940
- Pincode
- 416404
- Post office
- Jath
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,351
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,772
- Households
- 419
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 61.1%
- Coordinates
- 16.90604°N, 75.13662°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 Vajrawad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai340 kmcapital
- Hyderabad360 km
- Bengaluru511 km
- Chennai696 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKawathe Mahankal23 km
- Bus stopAbbihal17 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Ananthapur7 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda22 km
- Petrol pumpBrahmadev Bharat Petroleum33 km
- CollegeK N E T Shri Murughendra Shivayogi D.el.ed College Near Siddheshwar Agasi Athani Karnataka Pin Code 59130421 km
- Police stationJat Police Station18 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 416404
Villages near Vajrawad
Other villages in Jat mandal
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)