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Budruk is a suffix found in the place names of the former Maratha territory in India. It is similar to Kalan found in northern India, and is used to distinguish two segments of a village or two villages with the same name. "Khurd" means smaller, and "Burdruk" means greater; both the words are of Persian origin. [1]

Maratha Empire Indian imperial power that existed from 1674 to 1818

The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was an Indian power that dominated many portions of Indian subcontinent in the 18th century. The empire formally existed from 1674 with the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji and ended in 1818 with the defeat of Peshwa Bajirao II. The Marathas are credited to a large extent for ending Mughal rule in India.

India Country in South Asia

India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Khurd and Kalan are administrative designations used in India and Pakistan to indicate the smaller (Khurd) and larger (Kalan) segments of a town, village or settlement. They are usually added after place names. For instance, Berote Khurd and Berote Kalan in Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Dangoh Khurd in Una District of Himachal Pradesh and the famous Dariba Kalan jewellery market in Delhi, there was also a smaller street near by, known as Dariba Khurd or Chhota Dariba, both mean small, now known as Kinari Bazaar.

Villages with the designation Budruk include:

Bavdhan suburb in Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Bavdhan is suburb of Pune, India. It is located off the Mumbai-Bangalore national highway, by-passing Pune city. Bavdhan road serves as the main approach road for Mumbai-Pune expressway and near Chandani Chowk. Bavdhan is bordered by Pashan in north, Sus village on west, NDA reserved forest area in south and Kothrud in east. Bavdhan is mostly a residential suburb of Pune and is very fast-growing in the last one decade. The suburb is nestled amidst three hills on its south, east and west and the scenic Pashan Lake in the north. Springs flowing down from the hills create a small river - Ramnadi - which flows from south to north and empties its water into Pashan Lake. Ramnadi divides Bavdhan into 2 sub-areas - Khurd and Budruk, Khurd being on the eastern side of the river and Budruk being on the western side. Bavdhan Khurd in PMC, whereas Bavdhan Budruk still in Grampanchayat. Serious issue of sanitation in Bavdhan Budruk from D-Palace to Shiv Sena Office. It becomes worst in rainy season.

Ghoti Budruk city in Maharashtra, India

Ghoti Budruk is a census town in Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Ghoti Khurd is a small village in the state of Maharashtra. Ghoti Khurd is located in the Sangli district, Khanapur taluka. It is famous for Tukaram Maharaj Bij, its postal pin code is 415311, घोटीखुर्द, and is the first ever WIFI village of the nation. The recent sarpanch of Ghoti khurd is the Mr. Sachin Kadam.(2018). The village is one which rapidly developing in the way of development.

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Ghoti is a creative respelling of the word fish.

References

  1. Avinash Sowani (2011). "Provincial divisions Administration Of Maratha province During 17th to 18th Centuries". Maratha town and city planning with reference to the systems of village development during 17th and 18th centuries.