# Bandhawadi Village, Vaibhavvadi, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)

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Village · Vaibhavvadi, Sindhudurg 

# Bandhawadi

Bandhawadi is a village in Vaibhavvadi sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **687 people in 168 households**, the 26th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 687people (2011)
- 168households
- 71.3%literacy
- 1,154females per 1,000 males

## Bandhawadi PIN code and other codes

Bandhawadi falls in Vaibhavvadi sub-district, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockVaibhavvadi
- Census village code566365

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bandhawadi from nearby towns?

- Vaibhavvadi (sub-district HQ)38 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)60 km by road
- Rajapur (nearest town)50 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bandhawadi?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Bandhawadi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Vaibhavvadi
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Vaibhavvadi
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Edgaon
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)19 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bandhawadi known for?

The main crops are **rice, nagli and cashew**. Products made here include cashew nut. About 90% of the 324 hectares of village land is sown, and 291 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bandhawadi

Of every 100 households in Bandhawadi in 2011, 100 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Bandhawadi · ■ Vaibhavvadi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**23%

Tap water ****95%**

**45%

Drinking water within premises ****99%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****47%**

**59%

Television ****26%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

None of these assets ****57%**

**35%

Own their home ****95%**

**89%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bandhawadi?

■ Bandhawadi · ■ Vaibhavvadi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1154**

**1132

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****738**

**971

Working population ****23.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 62.9% for women. 44% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (7%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 51 (32%) · **■** Marginal 13 (8%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Vaibhavvadi

- Sadure821 people
- Vengasar785 people
- Gadmath782 people
- Napane741 people
- Nerle678 people
- Kusur656 people
- Kumbhavade612 people
- Ainari566 people

[All 59 villages in Vaibhavvadi](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/sindhudurg/vaibhavvadi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bandhawadi from Oras Bk.?60 km by road
- What is the population of Bandhawadi?687 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bandhawadi in?Sindhudurg district (Vaibhavvadi sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Bandhawadi?71.3% (Census 2011)