Betawad is a village in

Sindkheda Shindkheda is a taluka in the Dhule district of Khandesh region of Maharashtra state in India. The city is situated on the west side of the Burai River. Maharashtra Times"In Shindkheda" " Maharashtra Times ", date The name Shindkheda derives ...

Taluka,

Dhule Dhule is a city located in the Dhule District in the northwestern part of Maharashtra state, India known as West Khandesh. Situated on the banks of Panzara River, Dhule is the regional headquarters of MIDC, RTO, and MTDC. The city is mainly kn ...

District of Maharashtra State,

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. It belongs to the

Khandesh Khandesh is a geographic region in Central India, which includes parts of the northwestern portion of Maharashtra as well as Burhanpur District of Madhya Pradesh. The use of Khandeshi Language (a.k.a. the Ahirani Language) is prevalent in t ...

, the Northern Maharashtra regional and

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Division. It is located to the north from District headquarters at

. It is 24 km from Shindkhede and 375 km from State capital

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. The pin code for Betawad is 425403.

Demographics

Betawad has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of 7692 of which 3918 are males while 3774 are females as per the Indian Population Census of 2011. In Betawad the population of children with age 0–6 is 909 which makes up 11.82% of total population of village. Average sex ratio of Betawad village is 963 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child sex ratio for the Betawad as per census is 772, lower than Maharashtra average of 894. Betawad has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Betawad was 75.29% compared to 82.34% of Maharashtra. In Betawad male literacy stands at 82.35% while female literacy rate was 68.18%. Betawad is administered by a

sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...

(head of village) who is elected representative of

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. In Betawad village out of total population, 3803 were engaged in work activities. 89.17% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.83% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3803 workers engaged in Main Work, 431 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2166 were Agricultural labourer.

Education

Colleges and Schools * Shri F.M. Lalwani Vidyalaya and Junior College * Indira Gandhi Girls High School * Primary School (Zilla Parishad) * Smt. Anasuyabai Ahirrao Women's College of Arts (Affiliated By S.N.D.T.)

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Dhule district