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About Gavalwadi Village

Gavalwadi is a mid sized village in Patoda tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,190, made up of 637 males and 553 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 839 hectares hectares.

Gavalwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gavalwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Patoda
Area (hectares) 839 hectares
Population 1,190
Male Population 637
Female Population 553
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gavalwadi compares

By the 2011 count Gavalwadi is the 37th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,203 residents. Its 839 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 894.

Getting to Gavalwadi

Gavalwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gavalwadi 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 Gavalwadi from other places

Gavalwadi lies about 40 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Amalner Bhandyache, about 8.9 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 Gavalwadi
Nearest railway station Amalner Bhandyache 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Patoda 13 km
Nearest town Jāmkhed 18 km
District headquarters Bid 40 km

Villages closest to Gavalwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gavalwadi village had a population of 1,190. That makes it the 37th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,203 residents.

Gavalwadi village has 637 males and 553 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gavalwadi has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Gavalwadi covers 839 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.

Gavalwadi falls under Patoda tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gavalwadi is Amalner Bhandyache, about 8.9 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 Gavalwadi.

Gavalwadi is about 40 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gavalwadi is in Patoda tehsil of Bid district. Amalner Bhandyache is about 8.9 km away. Patoda is about 13 km away. Jāmkhed is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bedarwadi (2.5 km), Nageshwadi (2.9 km) and Parner (3.1 km).

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

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