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{{short description|Village in Maharashtra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ambadawe
| other_name = 
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = File:Way to Ambadave.jpg
| image_alt = Gate of Ambadawe
| image_caption = Gate of Ambadave
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| coordinates = {{coord|18.017158|N|73.188997|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ratnagiri district]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
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| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| population_total = 240
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 402307
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec1 =
| blank1_info_sec1 =
| blank2_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Mandangad]]
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}}

'''Ambadawe'''<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.loksatta.com/pune-news/about-name-of-ambadve-village-1227278/|title=आंबडवे नाव योग्यच – खासदार अमर साबळे|date=14 April 2016|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loksatta.com/kgtocollege-news/international-standard-educational-complex-at-original-village-of-Krishan-Keshav-Ambedkar-Teacher-of-dr-babasaheb-ambedkar-446635/|title=डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर यांचे मूळ गाव आंबवडे येथे आंतरराष्ट्रीय दर्जाचे शैक्षणिक संकुल|date=18 April 2014|website=Loksatta|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-MUM-ambedkars-teacher-family-saving-memories-of-ambedkar-5489831-NOR.html|title=आंबेडकर गुरुजींचं कुटुंब जपतंय सामाजिक वसा, कुटुंबानं सांभाळल्या 'त्या' आठवणी|date=26 December 2016|website=divyamarathi|access-date=2 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528183041/https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-MUM-ambedkars-teacher-family-saving-memories-of-ambedkar-5489831-NOR.html|archive-date=28 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a village in the [[Mandangad]] taluk of [[Ratnagiri district]] in [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Villagers donate land for college in Maharashtra|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Villagers-donate-land-for-college-in-Maharashtra/articleshow/10467881.cms|website=|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> 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.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

[[File:Smarak at Ambadave.jpg|thumb|right|Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Ambadawe]]

== Census data ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| align="left" | '''Particulars'''
| align="left" | '''Total'''
| align="left" | '''Male'''
| align="left" | '''Female'''
|-
| align="left" | No. of Houses
| align="left" | 64
| align="left" | -
| align="left" | -
|-
| align="left" | Population
| align="left" | 240
| align="left" | 111
| align="left" | 129
|-
| align="left" | Child (0–6)
| align="left" | 25
| align="left" | 16
| align="left" | 9
|-
| align="left" | [[Schedule Caste]]
| align="left" | 57
| align="left" | 27
| align="left" | 30
|-
| align="left" | Schedule Tribe
| align="left" | 11
| align="left" | 7
| align="left" | 4
|-
| align="left" | Literacy
| align="left" | 79.53%
| align="left" | 85.26%
| align="left" | 75.00%
|-
| align="left" | Total Workers
| align="left" | 51
| align="left" | 44
| align="left" | 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 ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Villages in Ratnagiri district]]

{{Ratnagiri-geo-stub}}

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