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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Malti dipik hard
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- LGD code
- 553086
- Pincode
- 421402
- Post office
- Dhasai
- Population
- 107
- Households
- 25
- Literacy rate
- 61.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1019 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 49
Census 2011 · in context
How Wadhu compares
By population, Wadhu ranks #200 of 205 villages in Murbad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.7%
−4.0% vs mandal average
Wadhu61.7%
Murbad mandal65.7%
Thane district74.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,019
+48 vs mandal average
Wadhu1,019
Murbad mandal971
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.4 vs mandal average
Wadhu4.3
Murbad mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Wadhu at a glance
Wadhu is a village of 107 people in 25 households (Census 2011) in Murbad taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 200th-largest of 205 villages in Murbad taluka. Literacy is 62%, 4 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 421402, served by Dhasai post office; the LGD village code is 553086. The sarpanch is Malti dipik hard, and the village votes in Gangapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bumb Prashant Bansilal. The population is estimated at 126 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Wadhu
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Kalyan
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 82
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 84.54
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13.91
- Forest area (ha)
- 50.7
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Wadhu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Wadhu
- LGD code
- 553086
- Pincode
- 421402
- Post office
- Dhasai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 107
- Population (projected 2026)
- 126
- Households
- 25
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1019
- Literacy rate
- 61.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aurangabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gangapur
- Member of Parliament
- Sandipanrao Bhumre
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bumb Prashant Bansilal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Malti dipik hard
- Block / Mandal
- Murbad
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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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)