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About Kanakwadi Village

Kanakwadi is a small village in Partur tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 451, made up of 238 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanakwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanakwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalna
Tehsil Partur
Pincode 431507
Area (hectares) 240.2 hectares
Population 451
Male Population 238
Female Population 213
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 Kanakwadi compares

By the 2011 count Kanakwadi is the 88th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,492 residents. Its 240.2 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 941.

Getting to Kanakwadi

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

Kanakwadi lies about 63 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Usmanpur, about 21 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 Kanakwadi
Nearest railway station Usmanpur 21 km
Nearest town Majalgaon 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Partur 27 km
District headquarters Jalna 63 km

Villages closest to Kanakwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanakwadi village had a population of 451. That makes it the 88th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,492 residents.

Kanakwadi village has 238 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanakwadi has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Kanakwadi is 431507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanakwadi covers 240.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanakwadi falls under Partur tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kanakwadi is Usmanpur, about 21 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 Kanakwadi.

Kanakwadi is about 63 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanakwadi is in Partur tehsil of Jalna district. Usmanpur is about 21 km away. Majalgaon is about 23 km away. Partur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Satara Wahegaon (1.9 km), Dhokmal Tanda (2.1 km) and Loni Kh (2.5 km).

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

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