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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
s bandhurkar
Contact: 99****4435
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- LGD code
- 544053
- Pincode
- 445304
- Post office
- Wani
- Population
- 347
- Households
- 84
- Literacy rate
- 74.6%
- Sex ratio
- 876 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 159
- Distance to district centre
- 456 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 494 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 127 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 498 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hadapsar Railway Station · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- lonkar · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Keshav Nagar compares
By population, Keshav Nagar ranks #111 of 158 villages in Wani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.6%
−2.6% vs mandal average
Keshav Nagar74.6%
Wani mandal77.2%
Yavatmal district73.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
876
−55 vs mandal average
Keshav Nagar876
Wani mandal931
Household size
people per home
4.1
Same as the mandal average
Keshav Nagar4.1
Wani mandal4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Keshav Nagar at a glance
Keshav Nagar is a village of 347 people in 84 households (Census 2011) in Wani taluka, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, the 111th-largest of 158 villages in Wani taluka. Literacy is 75%, 3 points below the taluka average of 77% and the sex ratio is 876 women per 1,000 men. It lies 456 km from the Yavatmal district centre, 3 km from Hadapsar, the nearest town, 1 km from Hadapsar Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 445304, served by Wani post office; the LGD village code is 544053. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, primary health centre, bank. The sarpanch is s bandhurkar, and the village votes in Arni assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raju Narayan Todsam. The population is estimated at 409 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keshav Nagar · this village | 347 | 75% | — |
| Mundhavare · Mawal | 517 | 62% | 2.4 km W |
| Hadapsar · Haveli | 14,833 | 75% | 3.5 km S |
| Manjari Bk · Haveli | 36,816 | 74% | 4.8 km SE |
| Yerawada · Pune City | — | — | 5.4 km NW |
| Malewadi · Karjat | 411 | 63% | 7.4 km W |
| Malewadi · Rajapur | 247 | 61% | 7.4 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Keshav Nagar
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 14
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- WANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 132
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 369.83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 260
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Keshav Nagar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Keshav Nagar
- LGD code
- 544053
- Pincode
- 445304
- Post office
- Wani
- Population (Census 2011)
- 347
- Population (projected 2026)
- 409
- Households
- 84
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 876
- Literacy rate
- 74.6%
- Coordinates
- 18.53227°N, 73.93838°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Chandrapur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arni
- Member of Parliament
- Pratibha Dhanorkar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raju Narayan Todsam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- s bandhurkar
- Block / Mandal
- Wani
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Parth Dalal (1.0 km)
- Nearest bank
- ICICI Bank (0.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Keshav Nagar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai127 kmcapital
- Hyderabad498 km
- Bengaluru732 km
- Chennai909 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHadapsar Railway Station1 km
- Bus stopKeshav Nagar Bus Stop<1 km
- Hospital / PHClonkar<1 km
- ATM / bankICICI Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpShell<1 km
- CollegeAnnasaheb Magar College4 km
- Police stationChandan nagar police3 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Keshav Nagar Bus Stopunder 1 km
- Health centre
- lonkarunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- ICICI Bankunder 1 km
- Petrol pump
- Shellunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ Primary health centre
- ✓ Bank
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Keshav Nagar
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Keshav Nagar
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Old Orbis SchoolSchool1.2 km ↗
- 📚DNYANGANGA LIBRARY & STUDY CENTERLibrary2.1 km ↗
- 🏫Nirmala Convent SchoolSchool2.5 km ↗
- 📚Just Books, Magarpatta CityLibrary2.7 km ↗
- 📚Dnanada LibraryLibrary2.8 km ↗
- 📚Ved AbhyasikaLibrary3.4 km ↗
- 🏫Euro School GroundSchool3.4 km ↗
- 📚Classic Reads LibraryLibrary3.5 km ↗
- 🎓Annasaheb Magar CollegeCollege3.5 km ↗
- 🎓AM CollegeCollege3.5 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)