Betawad


Betawad is a village in Sindkheda Taluka, Dhule District of Maharashtra State, India. It belongs to the Khandesh, the Northern Maharashtra regional and to the to Nashik Division.
It is located to the north from District headquarters at Dhule. It is 24 km from Shindkhede and 375 km from State capital Mumbai.
The pin code for Betawad is 425403.

Demographics

Betawad has a population 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 who is elected representative of village.
In Betawad village out of total population, 3803 were engaged in work activities. 89.17% of workers describe their work as Main Work 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 while 2166 were Agricultural labourer.

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