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- LGD code
- 563236
- Pincode
- 415523
- Post office
- Phaltan
- Population
- 820
- Households
- 156
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Sex ratio
- 943 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 425
- Distance to district centre
- 70 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 34 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 279 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 367 km
- Nearest railway station
- Amalner Bhandyache · 29 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Tintarwani · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Malewadi compares
By population, Malewadi ranks #101 of 121 villages in Phaltan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.2%
+5.4% vs mandal average
Malewadi76.2%
Phaltan mandal70.8%
Satara district74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
943
+6 vs mandal average
Malewadi943
Phaltan mandal937
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.4 vs mandal average
Malewadi5.3
Phaltan mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malewadi at a glance
Malewadi is a village of 820 people in 156 households (Census 2011) in Phaltan taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 101st-largest of 121 villages in Phaltan taluka. Literacy is 76%, 5 points above the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 943 women per 1,000 men. It lies 70 km from the Satara district centre, 42 km from Shevgaon, the nearest town, 29 km from Amalner Bhandyache railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 415523, served by Phaltan post office; the LGD village code is 563236. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Tintarwani, 7 km away. The village votes in Ashti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dhas Suresh Ramchandra. The population is estimated at 967 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Malewadi
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Phaltan
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 138.86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 16.86
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Malewadi
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Key facts — Malewadi
- LGD code
- 563236
- Pincode
- 415523
- Post office
- Phaltan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 820
- Population (projected 2026)
- 967
- Households
- 156
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 943
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Coordinates
- 19.11490°N, 75.53036°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Beed
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ashti
- Member of Parliament
- Bajrang Sonwane
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dhas Suresh Ramchandra
- Block / Mandal
- Phaltan
Getting there
How to reach Malewadi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai279 kmcapital
- Hyderabad367 km
- Bengaluru718 km
- Chennai840 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAmalner Bhandyache29 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Tintarwani7 km
- ATM / bankMaharashtra Gramin Bank, Kolgaon11 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Station27 km
- CollegeMSS's Arts College, Tirthpuri55 km
- Police stationPolice chowk38 km
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- 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
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