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About Ankwadi Village

Ankwadi is a mid sized village in Teosa tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 568, made up of 316 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 696.54 hectares hectares.

Ankwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ankwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Teosa
Area (hectares) 696.54 hectares
Population 568
Male Population 316
Female Population 252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 797
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ankwadi compares

By the 2011 count Ankwadi is the 47th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,490 residents. Its 696.54 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Ankwadi

Ankwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ankwadi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Ankwadi from other places

Ankwadi lies about 30 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Arvi, about 22 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 Ankwadi
Nearest railway station Arvi 22 km
Nearest town Ārvi 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Teosa 30 km
District headquarters Amravati 30 km

Villages closest to Ankwadi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Teosa 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 Ankwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Ankwadi village had a population of 568. That makes it the 47th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,490 residents.

Ankwadi village has 316 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ankwadi has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Ankwadi covers 696.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ankwadi falls under Teosa tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ankwadi is Arvi, about 22 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 <5 km distance for Ankwadi.

Ankwadi is about 30 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ankwadi is in Teosa tehsil of Amravati district. Arvi is about 22 km away. Ārvi is about 23 km away. Teosa is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raghunathpur (1.8 km), Mozari (1.9 km) and Maldhur (1.9 km).

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

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