Lead story
29
September 2026
newsSTATE
He left a remote Maharashtra village to study in Australia, then came home to work
Reported by India Today.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Information not yet available
No sarpanch on record yet. Sign in to add it — verified residents publish it directly, others need one community vouch.
- LGD code
- 533540
- Pincode
- 442201
- Post office
- Arvi (Wardha)
- Population
- 1,305
- Households
- 311
- Literacy rate
- 79.1%
- Sex ratio
- 942 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 674
- Distance to district centre
- 50 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 612 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 424 km
- Nearest railway station
- Arvi · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kalambe Hospital · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Botona compares
By population, Botona ranks #15 of 121 villages in Karanja mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.1%
+3.3% vs mandal average
Botona79.1%
Karanja mandal75.8%
Wardha district78.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
942
−14 vs mandal average
Botona942
Karanja mandal956
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
Botona4.2
Karanja mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Botona at a glance
Botona is a village of 1,305 people in 311 households (Census 2011) in Karanja taluka, Wardha district, Maharashtra, the 15th-largest of 121 villages in Karanja taluka. Literacy is 79%, 3 points above the taluka average of 76% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. It lies 50 km from the Wardha district centre, 35 km from Pusla, the nearest town, 23 km from Arvi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442201, served by Arvi (Wardha) post office; the LGD village code is 533540. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kalambe Hospital, 13 km away. The village votes in Arvi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sumit Wankhede. The population is estimated at 1,539 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Botona →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 2/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch nameWho leads the gram panchayat today
- Panchayat contactA number residents can call
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Botona
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- ARVI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 29
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 91
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 716.63
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 518.755
- Forest area (ha)
- 48.26
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Botona
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Botona
- LGD code
- 533540
- Pincode
- 442201
- Post office
- Arvi (Wardha)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,305
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,539
- Households
- 311
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 942
- Literacy rate
- 79.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.19262°N, 78.28626°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Wardha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arvi
- Member of Parliament
- Amar Kale
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sumit Wankhede
- Block / Mandal
- Karanja
Getting there
How to reach Botona
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai612 kmcapital
- Hyderabad424 km
- Delhi832 km
- Bengaluru917 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationArvi23 km
- Bus stopTalegaon13 km
- Hospital / PHCKalambe Hospital13 km
- ATM / bankAirtel Banking Point30 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil5 km
- CollegeDr Rajendra Gade Institute of Technology54 km
- Police stationWarud Police Station30 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 442201
Villages near Botona
Other villages in Karanja mandal
View all 60+ →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)