Ambadawe is a village in the Mandangad taluk of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra, India. 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.
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.
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