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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
chanda atram
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- LGD code
- 543812
- Pincode
- 445304
- Post office
- Wani
- Population
- 355
- Households
- 101
- Literacy rate
- 66.5%
- Sex ratio
- 972 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 316
- Distance to district centre
- 90 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 45 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 614 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 292 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pimpalkutti · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Karanji · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Botoni compares
By population, Botoni ranks #78 of 117 villages in Zari-Jamani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.5%
−2.5% vs mandal average
Botoni66.5%
Zari-Jamani mandal69.0%
Yavatmal district73.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
972
−14 vs mandal average
Botoni972
Zari-Jamani mandal986
Household size
people per home
3.5
−0.5 vs mandal average
Botoni3.5
Zari-Jamani mandal4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Botoni at a glance
Botoni is a village of 355 people in 101 households (Census 2011) in Zari-Jamani taluka, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, the 78th-largest of 117 villages in Zari-Jamani taluka. Literacy is 67%, 3 points below the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. It lies 90 km from the Yavatmal district centre, 18 km from Satpati, the nearest town, 20 km from Pimpalkutti railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 445304, served by Wani post office; the LGD village code is 543812. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Karanji, 15 km away. The sarpanch is chanda atram, and the village votes in Yavatmal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anil Alias Balasaheb Shankarrao Mangulkar. The population is estimated at 419 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Botoni
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 18
- 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
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PANDHARKAODA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 616.86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 180.67
- Forest area (ha)
- 386.7
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Botoni
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Botoni
- LGD code
- 543812
- Pincode
- 445304
- Post office
- Wani
- Population (Census 2011)
- 355
- Population (projected 2026)
- 419
- Households
- 101
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 972
- Literacy rate
- 66.5%
- Coordinates
- 20.00281°N, 78.65065°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal-Washim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Deshmukh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anil Alias Balasaheb Shankarrao Mangulkar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- chanda atram
- Block / Mandal
- Zari-Jamani
Getting there
How to reach Botoni
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai614 kmcapital
- Hyderabad292 km
- Chennai789 km
- Bengaluru790 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPimpalkutti20 km
- Bus stopSonbardi16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Karanji15 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank11 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum26 km
- CollegeTechway Computers & Cyber Cafe39 km
- Police stationPolice Station Warora46 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)