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About Mengalwadi Village

Mengalwadi is a mid sized village in Sangamner tehsil, in the district of Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,492, made up of 755 males and 737 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 446.1 hectares hectares.

Mengalwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mengalwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ahmadnagar
Tehsil Sangamner
Area (hectares) 446.1 hectares
Population 1,492
Male Population 755
Female Population 737
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mengalwadi compares

By the 2011 count Mengalwadi is the 103rd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,363 residents. Its 446.1 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Mengalwadi

Mengalwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mengalwadi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mengalwadi from other places

Mengalwadi lies about 13 km from Ahmadnagar, and the nearest railway station is Katol, about 19 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Mengalwadi
Tehsil headquarters Sangamner 13 km
District headquarters Ahmadnagar 13 km
Nearest railway station Katol 19 km
Nearest town Kātol 20 km

Villages closest to Mengalwadi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sangamner tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Mengalwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Mengalwadi village had a population of 1,492. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,363 residents.

Mengalwadi village has 755 males and 737 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mengalwadi has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

Mengalwadi covers 446.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mengalwadi falls under Sangamner tehsil of Ahmadnagar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Mengalwadi is Katol, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Mengalwadi.

Mengalwadi is about 13 km from Ahmadnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mengalwadi is in Sangamner tehsil of Ahmadnagar district. Sangamner is about 13 km away. Ahmadnagar is about 13 km away. Katol is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chanegaon (3.6 km), Kurakundi (6.1 km) and Umbri (6.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Mengalwadi today is likely to be higher.

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