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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shobha Prakash Shete
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- LGD code
- 564530
- Pincode
- 415109
- Post office
- Umbraj
- Population
- 1,528
- Households
- 333
- Literacy rate
- 74.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 655
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 246 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 376 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pophlaj · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gholap Hospital · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Varade compares
By population, Varade ranks #114 of 216 villages in Karad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.5%
+0.2% vs mandal average
- Varade
- 74.5%
- Karad mandal
- 74.3%
- Satara district
- 74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+26 vs mandal average
- Varade
- 1,000
- Karad mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Varade
- 4.6
- Karad mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Varade at a glance
Varade is a village of 1,528 people in 333 households (Census 2011) in Karad taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 114th-largest of 216 villages in Karad taluka. Literacy is 75%, about the same as the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Satara district centre, 21 km from Rashin, the nearest town, 4 km from Pophlaj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 415109, served by Umbraj post office; the LGD village code is 564530. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gholap Hospital, 15 km away. The sarpanch is Shobha Prakash Shete, and the village votes in Karmala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil. The population is estimated at 1,802 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Varade
- 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)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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
- KARAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 439.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 130.06
- Forest area (ha)
- 87.11
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Varade
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Varade
- LGD code
- 564530
- Pincode
- 415109
- Post office
- Umbraj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,528
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,802
- Households
- 333
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 74.5%
- Coordinates
- 18.32039°N, 75.07750°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karmala
- Member of Parliament
- Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shobha Prakash Shete
- Block / Mandal
- Karad
Getting there
How to reach Varade
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai246 kmcapital
- Hyderabad376 km
- Bengaluru653 km
- Chennai805 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPophlaj4 km
- Bus stopSade Bus Stop22 km
- Hospital / PHCGholap Hospital15 km
- ATM / bankBOI22 km
- CollegeITI COLLEGE INDAPUR23 km
- Police stationHighway Police29 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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