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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Mina Laxman Wagh
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- LGD code
- 553247
- Pincode
- 421401
- Post office
- Murbad
- Population
- 798
- Households
- 165
- Literacy rate
- 62.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1094 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 419
- Distance to district centre
- 210 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 122 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 362 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 437 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhagdara · 34 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Madh · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Madh compares
By population, Madh ranks #100 of 205 villages in Murbad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.4%
−3.3% vs mandal average
- Madh
- 62.4%
- Murbad mandal
- 65.7%
- Thane district
- 74.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,094
+123 vs mandal average
- Madh
- 1,094
- Murbad mandal
- 971
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Madh
- 4.8
- Murbad mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Madh at a glance
Madh is a village of 798 people in 165 households (Census 2011) in Murbad taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 100th-largest of 205 villages in Murbad taluka. Literacy is 62%, 3 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,094 women per 1,000 men. It lies 210 km from the Thane district centre, 13 km from Deulghat, the nearest town, 34 km from Bhagdara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 421401, served by Murbad post office; the LGD village code is 553247. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Madh, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Mina Laxman Wagh, and the village votes in Gangapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bumb Prashant Bansilal. The population is estimated at 941 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Madh
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Kalyan
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 62
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 95
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 586.27
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 154.12
- Forest area (ha)
- 357.48
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Madh
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Madh
- LGD code
- 553247
- Pincode
- 421401
- Post office
- Murbad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 798
- Population (projected 2026)
- 941
- Households
- 165
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1094
- Literacy rate
- 62.4%
- Coordinates
- 20.51802°N, 75.98500°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aurangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gangapur
- Member of Parliament
- Sandipanrao Bhumre
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bumb Prashant Bansilal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Mina Laxman Wagh
- Block / Mandal
- Murbad
Getting there
How to reach Madh
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai362 kmcapital
- Hyderabad437 km
- Bengaluru856 km
- Delhi909 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhagdara34 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Madh<1 km
- CollegeDeulgaon Raja Junior College57 km
- Police stationPolice28 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Government Hospital, Madhunder 1 km
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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, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)