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About Alwadi Village

Alwadi is a mid sized village in Chalisgaon tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,307, made up of 699 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 768.31 hectares hectares.

Alwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Chalisgaon
Area (hectares) 768.31 hectares
Population 1,307
Male Population 699
Female Population 608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alwadi compares

By the 2011 count Alwadi is the 93rd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,160 residents. Its 768.31 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Alwadi

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

Alwadi lies about 96 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Hirapur, about 14 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 Alwadi
Nearest railway station Hirapur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Chalisgaon 21 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 96 km

Villages closest to Alwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alwadi village had a population of 1,307. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,160 residents.

Alwadi village has 699 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alwadi has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Alwadi covers 768.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alwadi falls under Chalisgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Alwadi is Hirapur, about 14 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 Alwadi.

Alwadi is about 96 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alwadi is in Chalisgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district. Hirapur is about 14 km away. Chalisgaon is about 21 km away. Jalgaon is about 96 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deshmukhwadi (2.1 km), Nandre (2.4 km) and Talonde Pr Dehere (2.9 km).

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

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