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About Munguswadi Village

Munguswadi is a small village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 166 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,265 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Munguswadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Munguswadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Ajra
Pincode 416505
Area (hectares) 244.85 hectares
Population 376
Male Population 166
Female Population 210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,265
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Munguswadi compares

By the 2011 count Munguswadi is the 86th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 244.85 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Munguswadi

Munguswadi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Munguswadi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Munguswadi from other places

Munguswadi lies about 60 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 46 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 Munguswadi
Tehsil headquarters Ajra 4.2 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 16 km
Nearest railway station Belagavi 46 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 60 km

Villages closest to Munguswadi

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.

Common questions about Munguswadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Munguswadi village had a population of 376. That makes it the 86th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Munguswadi village has 166 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Munguswadi has about 1265 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

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

Munguswadi covers 244.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Munguswadi falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Munguswadi is Belagavi, about 46 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Munguswadi.

Munguswadi is about 60 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Munguswadi is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 4.2 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 16 km away. Belagavi is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hajgoli Kh (1.7 km), Khede (1.7 km) and Bachi (1.7 km).

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

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