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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BAJIRAO TARADE
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- LGD code
- 563350
- Pincode
- 415537
- Post office
- Adarki BK
- Population
- 1,707
- Households
- 309
- Literacy rate
- 61.1%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,022
- Distance to district centre
- 46 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 250 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 388 km
- Nearest railway station
- Amalner Bhandyache · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Manik Daundi · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Malvadi compares
By population, Malvadi ranks #63 of 121 villages in Phaltan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.1%
−9.7% vs mandal average
Malvadi61.1%
Phaltan mandal70.8%
Satara district74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−4 vs mandal average
Malvadi933
Phaltan mandal937
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.6 vs mandal average
Malvadi5.5
Phaltan mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malvadi at a glance
Malvadi is a village of 1,707 people in 309 households (Census 2011) in Phaltan taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 63rd-largest of 121 villages in Phaltan taluka. Literacy is 61%, 10 points below the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Satara district centre, 25 km from Kada, the nearest town, 15 km from Amalner Bhandyache railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 415537, served by Adarki BK post office; the LGD village code is 563350. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Manik Daundi, 12 km away. The sarpanch is BAJIRAO TARADE , and the village votes in Ashti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dhas Suresh Ramchandra. The population is estimated at 2,013 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Malvadi
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- 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
- Phaltan
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 51
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,377
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 664.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 507
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Malvadi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Malvadi
- LGD code
- 563350
- Pincode
- 415537
- Post office
- Adarki BK
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,707
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,013
- Households
- 309
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 61.1%
- Coordinates
- 19.04867°N, 75.25868°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Beed
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ashti
- Member of Parliament
- Bajrang Sonwane
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dhas Suresh Ramchandra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BAJIRAO TARADE
- Block / Mandal
- Phaltan
Getting there
How to reach Malvadi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai250 kmcapital
- Hyderabad388 km
- Bengaluru720 km
- Chennai852 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAmalner Bhandyache15 km
- Bus stopTisgaon (Pathardi)25 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Manik Daundi12 km
- CollegeSINHGAD52 km
- Police stationDistrict Superintendent Police Office54 km
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- 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)