About Balewadi Village

Balewadi is a small village in Bavda tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 217 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 585 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balewadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Bavda
Pincode	416206
Area (hectares)	585 hectares
Population	421
Male Population	217
Female Population	204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balewadi compares

By the 2011 count Balewadi is the 36th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 585 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Balewadi

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

Balewadi lies about 47 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Vilavade, about 20 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 Balewadi
Nearest railway station	Vilavade	20 km
Nearest town	Shahuwadi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bavda	28 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	47 km

Villages closest to Balewadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balewadi village had a population of 421. That makes it the 36th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Balewadi village has 217 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balewadi has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Balewadi is 416206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balewadi covers 585 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balewadi falls under Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Balewadi is Vilavade, about 20 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 Balewadi.

Balewadi is about 47 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balewadi is in Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district. Vilavade is about 20 km away. Shahuwadi is about 20 km away. Bavda is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.