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About Anandwadi Village

Anandwadi is a large village in Chakur tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,173, made up of 1,414 males and 759 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 537 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1187.27 hectares hectares.

Anandwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anandwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Latur
Tehsil Chakur
Area (hectares) 1187.27 hectares
Population 2,173
Male Population 1,414
Female Population 759
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 537
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anandwadi compares

By the 2011 count Anandwadi is the 24th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,162 residents. Its 1187.27 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 934.

Getting to Anandwadi

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

Anandwadi lies about 38 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Wadwal Nagnath, about 7.9 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 Anandwadi
Tehsil headquarters Chakur 7.5 km
Nearest railway station Wadwal Nagnath 7.9 km
Nearest town Ahmadpur 16 km
District headquarters Latur 38 km

Villages closest to Anandwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anandwadi village had a population of 2,173. That makes it the 24th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,162 residents.

Anandwadi village has 1,414 males and 759 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anandwadi has about 537 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Anandwadi covers 1187.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anandwadi falls under Chakur tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Anandwadi is Wadwal Nagnath, about 7.9 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 - 10 km distance for Anandwadi.

Anandwadi is about 38 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anandwadi is in Chakur tehsil of Latur district. Chakur is about 7.5 km away. Wadwal Nagnath is about 7.9 km away. Ahmadpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naigaon (1.6 km), Hipalner (3.6 km) and Chapoli (4.0 km).

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

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