About Tekwade Village

Tekwade is a mid sized village in Shirpur tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,984, made up of 1,047 males and 937 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 876.15 hectares hectares.

Tekwade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tekwade village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Dhule
Tehsil	Shirpur
Area (hectares)	876.15 hectares
Population	1,984
Male Population	1,047
Female Population	937
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tekwade compares

By the 2011 count Tekwade is the 72nd largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,393 residents. Its 876.15 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 971.

Getting to Tekwade

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

Tekwade lies about 52 km from Dhule, and the nearest railway station is Sindkheda, about 15 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 Tekwade
Tehsil headquarters	Shirpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sindkheda	15 km
District headquarters	Dhule	52 km

Villages closest to Tekwade

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

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Common questions about Tekwade

As per the Census of India 2011, Tekwade village had a population of 1,984. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,393 residents.

Tekwade village has 1,047 males and 937 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tekwade has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Tekwade covers 876.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tekwade falls under Shirpur tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Tekwade is Sindkheda, about 15 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 Tekwade.

Tekwade is about 52 km from Dhule in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tekwade is in Shirpur tehsil of Dhule district. Shirpur is about 12 km away. Sindkheda is about 15 km away. Dhule is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.