Prabhachiwadi

Geography

Villages near Prabhachiwadi are Ambegaon, Shevati, Kale, Mahagaon,Mawal, Sawantwadi, Yelase, Kadadhe, Bedse, Karunj, Brahmanwadi and Baur, districts Raigad district, Thane district, Mumbai City district, and Mumbai Suburban district Surrounding Talukas of Parandwadi are Karjat Taluka towards North, Talegaon Dabhade Taluka towards East, Mulshi Taluka towards South and by Khalapur Taluka towards west .Prabhachiwadi is situated about 88 Kilometres from Mumbai which is the capital of Maharashtra.The city of Pune is about 55 kilometres from the village.

Temples in and nearby Parandwadi are Hanuman Murti on bank of Tank at a distance of 2.6 kilometers, Shri Durga Parameshwari Temple a distance of 3.1 kilometers, Sri Kal Bhairav temple at a distance of 4.7 kilometers, Prati Pandharpur at a distance of 5.5 kilometers and EKVIRA AAI at a distance of 5.6 kilometers.

Administration, Education and Economy

The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per the constitution of India and the Panchayati raj. The village falls under the Maval taluka, The taluka headquarters are situated at Vadgaon and is governed by a tahsildar.

There are two Colleges near Parandwadi: Avpm's Geeta Vidyaniketan College Of Electronics, Computer Science & Management and Swami Vivekanand College, shivane Maval. Prabhachiwadi only has a primary school.

Prabhachiwadi has 100% employment which consists of 98.32% main workers and 1.68% marginal workers. Out of 179 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner of their agricultural land) and 19 were Agricultural labourers.Crops grown in Prabhachiwadi are Rice (paddy),Sugarcane,Jowar,Bajra,Ragi and Wheat.

The Schedule Caste population in the village is 57 people and Schedule Tribe is 1.Prabhachiwadi has a 12.75% population of Schedule Tribe and 0.22% of Schedule Caste. The total geographical area of village is 141.05 hectares.

Demography

According to the 2011 census, there are total of 447 people live in this village, 238 of them are male and 209 are female. There are 59 children with an age group from 0-6, which makes up 13.20% of total population. Average Sex Ratio is 878 per 1000 males which is lower than the state average of 929. The child Sex Ratio is 735, lower than the state average of 894. Prabhachiwadi literacy rate is 70.10% which is lower than the average of 82.34% in the state of Maharashtra, the male literacy is 81.37% and the female literacy rate is 57.61%. This village has 79 house.

Villages in Mawal taluka

Maval is a Taluka part of the Pune District in the state of Maharashtra India.