Ambadawe

Ambadawe
Village
Gate of Ambadawe
Gate of Ambadave
Ambadawe is located in Maharashtra
Ambadawe
Ambadawe
Location in Maharashtra, India
Ambadawe is located in India
Ambadawe
Ambadawe
Ambadawe (India)
Coordinates: 18°01′02″N 73°11′20″E / 18.017158°N 73.188997°E / 18.017158; 73.188997
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictRatnagiri district
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
240
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
402307
Nearest cityMandangad

Ambadawe[1][2][3] is a village in the Mandangad taluk of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra, India.[4] This village is family origin of B. R. Ambedkar, the Chief Architect of constitution of India.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Ambadawe

Census data

Particulars Total Male Female
No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 240 111 129
Child (0-6) 25 16 9
Schedule Caste 57 27 30
Schedule Tribe 11 7 4
Literacy 79.53% 85.26% 75.00%
Total Workers 51 44 7

Notable people

  • The family origins of B. R. Ambedkar, the Indian jurist, politician, and social reformer from Maharashtra is from this village. His original surname was Sakpal but his father registered his name to school in Ambadawekar, which comes from this native village name 'Ambadawe' , which later turned into Ambedkar.

References

  1. ^ "आंबडवे नाव योग्यच – खासदार अमर साबळे". 14 April 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ "डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर यांचे मूळ गाव आंबवडे येथे आंतरराष्ट्रीय दर्जाचे शैक्षणिक संकुल". Loksatta. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. ^ "आंबेडकर गुरुजींचं कुटुंब जपतंय सामाजिक वसा, कुटुंबानं सांभाळल्या 'त्या' आठवणी". divyamarathi. 26 December 2016. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Villagers donate land for college in Maharashtra". Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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