Vadgaon or Vadgaon Maval (formerly spelled Wadgaon or Wargaum) (Marathi: वडगाव मावळ ) is a
census town
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India
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and
nagar panchayat in
Mawal taluka
Maval taluka is a taluka in Mawal subdivision of Pune district of state of Maharashtra in India.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, the taluka comprised 187 villages, a figure that was unchanged from 2001. There were also three census towns ...
,
Pune district, in the
Indian
state of
Maharashtra
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. 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 Katavi may refer to:
* Katavi, Mawal, Pune district, Maharashtra, India
* Katavi Region
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and is headed by a ''nagaradhasha'' elected representative. At the time of the
2011 Census of India
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, 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.
Demographics
India
census,
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.
References
Cities and towns in Pune district
Gram Panchayats in Pune district
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