About Medhewadi Village

Medhewadi is a mid sized village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 589, made up of 279 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 529 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medhewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medhewadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Ajra
Pincode	416505
Area (hectares)	529 hectares
Population	589
Male Population	279
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Medhewadi compares

By the 2011 count Medhewadi is the 70th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 529 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Medhewadi

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

Medhewadi lies about 64 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Kankavali, about 47 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 Medhewadi
Tehsil headquarters	Ajra	8.2 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	25 km
Nearest railway station	Kankavali	47 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	64 km

Villages closest to Medhewadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Medhewadi village had a population of 589. That makes it the 70th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Medhewadi village has 279 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medhewadi has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1117.

The pincode recorded for Medhewadi is 416505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medhewadi covers 529 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Medhewadi falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Medhewadi is Kankavali, about 47 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 Medhewadi.

Medhewadi is about 64 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medhewadi is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 8.2 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 25 km away. Kankavali is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.