Ambadawe

Ambadawe
Village
Gate of Ambadave
Ambadawe Location in Maharashtra, India Show map of Maharashtra Ambadawe Ambadawe (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 18°01′02″N73°11′20″E / 18.017158°N 73.188997°E / 18.017158; 73.188997
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri district
Population  (2011)
• Total	240
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	402307
Nearest city	Mandangad

Ambadawe ^{[1] [2] [3]} is a village in the Mandangad taluk of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra, India. ^[4] This village is where Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was born in and got his current known surname, "Ambedkar", from his father's last name, "Sapkal". At that time it was common for village name of children to be written instead of family name in school register. "Ambadawe" was later changed to "Ambedkar" by teacher of Ambedkar at that time.^{[ citation needed ]}

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 teacher of B. R. Ambedkar, the Indian jurist, politician, and social reformer from Maharashtra, is from this village. His original surname was Sakpal but his teacher, Krishan Keshav Ambedkar, gave his surname Ambedkar to Bhimrao Sakpal, which later turned into Bhimrao 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.