Alwadi is a village in Jalgaon district

Jalgaon District

Jalgaon district is a district of Maharashtra. It was formerly known as East Khandesh district. It has an area of 11,765 km², and a population of 3,682,690 of which 71.4% were rural....

  in the state of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Geography

Alwadi is located at 20.4952052°N 74.8192978°E.
http://toolserver.org/~dschwen/wma/iframe.html?20.4952052_74.8192978_1024_697_en_9_en_20.4952052_74.8192978 It has an average elevation of 344 metres (1128 feet).

Economy

Alwadi is located near the Manyar Dam, and a canal off of the dam provides irrigation for the village. Sugarcane is the major agricultural product and is the basis for the local sugar refining and rum distilling

Rum

Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak barrels...

 industries. Other major crops include cotton, groundnuts, onion, banana, wheat, gram, and other vegetables and grains (bajra, jovar, tur etc.).

Road

Alwadi is about 39 km from National Highway 3

National Highway 3 (India)

National Highway 3 , commonly referred to as the Mumbai-Agra Highway, is a major Indian National Highway that runs through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra states in India...

and 23 km from state highway 211 . A state transport bus is available from chalisgaon to alwadi. Private vehicles are also available from Takali and Saygaon.