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About Anantwadi Village

Anantwadi is a mid sized village in Mahagaon tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 357 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 401.2 hectares hectares.

Anantwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anantwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Mahagaon
Area (hectares) 401.2 hectares
Population 695
Male Population 357
Female Population 338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anantwadi compares

By the 2011 count Anantwadi is the 85th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,697 residents. Its 401.2 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Anantwadi

Anantwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anantwadi 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 Anantwadi from other places

Anantwadi lies about 52 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Bhandegaon, about 14 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 Anantwadi
Nearest town Digras 13 km
Nearest railway station Bhandegaon 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Mahagaon 25 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 52 km

Villages closest to Anantwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anantwadi village had a population of 695. That makes it the 85th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,697 residents.

Anantwadi village has 357 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anantwadi has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Anantwadi covers 401.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anantwadi falls under Mahagaon tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Anantwadi is Bhandegaon, about 14 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 Anantwadi.

Anantwadi is about 52 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anantwadi is in Mahagaon tehsil of Yavatmal district. Digras is about 13 km away. Bhandegaon is about 14 km away. Mahagaon is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Warodi (3.2 km), Malegaon (6.8 km) and Bijora (10 km).

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

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