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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 534460
- Pincode
- 442301
- Post office
- Hinganghat
- Population
- 285
- Households
- 69
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Sex ratio
- 952 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 196
- Distance to district centre
- 9 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 587 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 366 km
- Nearest railway station
- Talni · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Pulgaon · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kund compares
By population, Kund ranks #102 of 187 villages in Hinganghat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.2%
−3.6% vs mandal average
- Kund
- 71.2%
- Hinganghat mandal
- 74.8%
- Wardha district
- 78.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
952
+20 vs mandal average
- Kund
- 952
- Hinganghat mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
4.1
Same as the mandal average
- Kund
- 4.1
- Hinganghat mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kund at a glance
Kund is a village of 285 people in 69 households (Census 2011) in Hinganghat taluka, Wardha district, Maharashtra, the 102nd-largest of 187 villages in Hinganghat taluka. Literacy is 71%, 4 points below the taluka average of 75% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. It lies 9 km from the Wardha district centre, 11 km from Nachangaon, the nearest town, 10 km from Talni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442301, served by Hinganghat post office; the LGD village code is 534460. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Pulgaon, 12 km away. The village votes in Ralegaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prof. Dr. Ashok Ramaji Wooike. The population is estimated at 336 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kund
- 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)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HINGANGHAT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 524.07
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 448.55
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kund
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Key facts — Kund
- LGD code
- 534460
- Pincode
- 442301
- Post office
- Hinganghat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 285
- Population (projected 2026)
- 336
- Households
- 69
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 952
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Coordinates
- 20.66804°N, 78.22812°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal-Washim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ralegaon
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Deshmukh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prof. Dr. Ashok Ramaji Wooike
- Block / Mandal
- Hinganghat
Getting there
How to reach Kund
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai587 kmcapital
- Hyderabad366 km
- Bengaluru858 km
- Chennai871 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTalni10 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Pulgaon12 km
- ATM / bankAirtel Banking Point31 km
- Petrol pumpRaghav Servo6 km
- CollegeInstitute Of Pharmaceutical Education And Research40 km
- Police stationYavatmal City Police Station32 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
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