Vadgaon Maval

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.

Vadgaon
town
Parshwa Prandyalay Jain Temple
Vadgaon
Location in Maharashtra, India
Vadgaon
Vadgaon (India)
Coordinates: 18.7486°N 73.641°E / 18.7486; 73.641
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictPune
Population
 (2001)
 • Total11,359
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Administration

As a Nagar panchayat, Vadgaon is the headquarters for administration of the village of Katavi and is headed for that purpose by a by a nagaradhasha, an elected representative. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, it was a self-contained nagar panchayat, meaning that there were no other constituent villages governed by the body It is also maval taluka main village ,it is mainly divided in Dhore wada,Mhalaskar vasti,Kude wada,Chavan nagar, mali nagar, bhilare wasti, keshavnagar ,.[1]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Vadgaon, which lies in Mawal taluka of Pune district, 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 years of age.

Battle in the First Anglo-Maratha War

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

References
  1. "Census of India 2011: Maharashtra: District Census Handbook Part A: Pune" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations. p. 1201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  3. Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 58. ISBN 9788131300343.
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