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About Doundwadi Village

Doundwadi is a mid sized village in Parli tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,214, made up of 643 males and 571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 875.69 hectares hectares.

Doundwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doundwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Parli
Area (hectares) 875.69 hectares
Population 1,214
Male Population 643
Female Population 571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Doundwadi compares

By the 2011 count Doundwadi is the 61st largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,869 residents. Its 875.69 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Doundwadi

Doundwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Doundwadi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Doundwadi from other places

Doundwadi lies about 91 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Ghatnandur, about 4.2 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 Doundwadi
Nearest railway station Ghatnandur 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Parli 12 km
Nearest town Parli Vaijnāth 12 km
District headquarters Bid 91 km

Villages closest to Doundwadi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Parli 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 Doundwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Doundwadi village had a population of 1,214. That makes it the 61st largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,869 residents.

Doundwadi village has 643 males and 571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doundwadi has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

Doundwadi covers 875.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Doundwadi falls under Parli tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Doundwadi is Ghatnandur, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Doundwadi is about 91 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doundwadi is in Parli tehsil of Bid district. Ghatnandur is about 4.2 km away. Parli is about 12 km away. Parli Vaijnāth is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maindwadi (under 2 km), Nagdara (2.4 km) and Anandwadi (2.5 km).

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

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