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About Gappewadi Village

Gappewadi is a mid sized village in Kaij tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,259, made up of 683 males and 576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.2 hectares hectares.

Gappewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gappewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Kaij
Area (hectares) 480.2 hectares
Population 1,259
Male Population 683
Female Population 576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 843
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gappewadi compares

By the 2011 count Gappewadi is the 73rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents. Its 480.2 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Gappewadi

Gappewadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gappewadi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gappewadi from other places

Gappewadi lies about 29 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Kalamb Road, about 51 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gappewadi
Nearest town Dhārūr 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Kaij 16 km
District headquarters Bid 29 km
Nearest railway station Kalamb Road 51 km

Villages closest to Gappewadi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kaij tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gappewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gappewadi village had a population of 1,259. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents.

Gappewadi village has 683 males and 576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gappewadi has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 905.

Gappewadi covers 480.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gappewadi falls under Kaij tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gappewadi is Kalamb Road, about 51 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gappewadi.

Gappewadi is about 29 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gappewadi is in Kaij tehsil of Bid district. Dhārūr is about 15 km away. Kaij is about 16 km away. Bid is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narewadi (under 2 km), Ghatewadi (2.6 km) and Yewta (3.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gappewadi today is likely to be higher.

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