Vadgaon Maval Explained

Vadgaon
Settlement Type:town
Image Alt:Parshwa Prandyalay Jain Temple
Pushpin Map:India Maharashtra#India3
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates:18.7486°N 73.641°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Maharashtra
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Pune
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:11359
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Marathi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:412106

Vadgaon or Vadgaon Maval (formerly spelled Wadgaon or Wargaum) (Marathi: वडगाव मावळ) is a census town and nagar panchayat in Mawal taluka, Pune district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Vadgaon is famous for its Jain and Potoba Maharaj temples and Mhadaji shinde garden.

Administration

As a Nagar panchayat, Vadgaon is the headquarters for administration of Katavi and is headed by a nagaradhasha elected representative. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, it was a self-contained nagar panchayat, meaning that it governed no other constituent villages. It is Maval Taluka's main village. It is mainly divided into Chavan Wada, Dhore Wada, Mhalaskar Vasti, Kude Wada, Chavan Nagar, Mali Nagar, Bhilare Wasti, Keshav Nagar.Deccan hill. [1]

Demographics

India census,[2] had a population of 14,600. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. The average literacy rate was 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 80%, and female literacy was 69%. In Vadgaon, 13% of the population was under 6.

History

In the First Anglo-Maratha War, Wadgaon (as the name was then spelled) was the site of the Battle of Wadgaon वडगावची लढाई in which the Maratha Empire inflicted a defeat on the East India Company and of a treaty in which the British made considerable concessions.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190411165725/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/27/2725_PART_A_DCHB_PUNE.pdf . 2019-04-11 . Census of India 2011: Maharashtra: District Census Handbook Part A: Pune . 1201 . Directorate of Census Operations . 2019-05-23.
  2. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.
  3. Book: Naravane, M.S. . Battles of the Honorourable East India Company . A.P.H. Publishing Corporation . 2014 . 9788131300343 . 58.