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- LGD code
- 533821
- Pincode
- 442302
- Post office
- Pulgaon
- Population
- 817
- Households
- 214
- Literacy rate
- 72%
- Sex ratio
- 887 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 469
- Distance to district centre
- 91 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 82 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 555 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 450 km
- Nearest railway station
- Achalpur · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hajra Clinic & General Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bodad compares
By population, Bodad ranks #38 of 220 villages in Arvi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.0%
−3.9% vs mandal average
- Bodad
- 72.0%
- Arvi mandal
- 75.9%
- Wardha district
- 78.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
887
−51 vs mandal average
- Bodad
- 887
- Arvi mandal
- 938
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Bodad
- 3.8
- Arvi mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bodad at a glance
Bodad is a village of 817 people in 214 households (Census 2011) in Arvi taluka, Wardha district, Maharashtra, the 38th-largest of 220 villages in Arvi taluka. Literacy is 72%, 4 points below the taluka average of 76% and the sex ratio is 887 women per 1,000 men. It lies 91 km from the Wardha district centre, 10 km from Kandali, the nearest town, 13 km from Achalpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442302, served by Pulgaon post office; the LGD village code is 533821. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hajra Clinic & General Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Dhamangaon Railway assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adsad Pratap Arunbhau. The population is estimated at 963 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bodad
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ARVI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 61
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 614.39
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 437.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 70.92
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Bodad
- LGD code
- 533821
- Pincode
- 442302
- Post office
- Pulgaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 817
- Population (projected 2026)
- 963
- Households
- 214
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 887
- Literacy rate
- 72.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.34895°N, 77.61327°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Wardha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamangaon Railway
- Member of Parliament
- Amar Kale
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adsad Pratap Arunbhau
- Block / Mandal
- Arvi
Getting there
How to reach Bodad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai555 kmcapital
- Hyderabad450 km
- Delhi809 km
- Bengaluru932 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAchalpur13 km
- Hospital / PHCHajra Clinic & General Hospital3 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petrol Pump13 km
- CollegeDr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Girls Polytechnic College48 km
- Police stationNagpuri Gate Police Station48 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bodad
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Bahiram BabaTemple3.0 km ↗
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Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)