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
BS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHAGYASHRI SATYAJIT PATIL
Contact: 93****3171
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Vathar can update it.
- LGD code
- 564650
- Pincode
- 415539
- Post office
- Malakapur Karad
- Population
- 4,497
- Households
- 908
- Literacy rate
- 75.2%
- Sex ratio
- 932 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,967
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 244 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 378 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pophlaj · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gholap Hospital · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vathar compares
By population, Vathar ranks #22 of 216 villages in Karad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.2%
+0.9% vs mandal average
Vathar75.2%
Karad mandal74.3%
Satara district74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
932
−42 vs mandal average
Vathar932
Karad mandal974
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.3 vs mandal average
Vathar5.0
Karad mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vathar at a glance
Vathar is a village of 4,497 people in 908 households (Census 2011) in Karad taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 22nd-largest of 216 villages in Karad taluka. Literacy is 75%, about the same as the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Satara district centre, 17 km from Rashin, the nearest town, 10 km from Pophlaj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 415539, served by Malakapur Karad post office; the LGD village code is 564650. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gholap Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is BHAGYASHRI SATYAJIT PATIL, and the village votes in Karmala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil. The population is estimated at 5,302 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Wathar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- 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 · Vathar
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- 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
- KARAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 61
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 635
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 199
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vathar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vathar
- LGD code
- 564650
- Pincode
- 415539
- Post office
- Malakapur Karad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,497
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,302
- Households
- 908
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 932
- Literacy rate
- 75.2%
- Coordinates
- 18.37402°N, 75.07086°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
- BHAGYASHRI SATYAJIT PATIL
- Block / Mandal
- Karad
Getting there
How to reach Vathar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai244 kmcapital
- Hyderabad378 km
- Bengaluru659 km
- Chennai810 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPophlaj10 km
- Bus stopSade Bus Stop24 km
- Hospital / PHCGholap Hospital13 km
- ATM / bankBOI24 km
- CollegeITI COLLEGE INDAPUR28 km
- Police stationHighway Police31 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 415539
Villages near Vathar
Other villages in Karad mandal
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)