Ambadawe
Village in Maharashtra
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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 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]
Ambadawe | |
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Village | |
 Gate of Ambadave | |
  Ambadawe Location in Maharashtra, India  Ambadawe Ambadawe (India) | |
| Coordinates: 18.017158°N 73.188997°E | |
| 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 |
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.
