About Gagan Bavda Village

Gagan Bavda is a mid sized village in Bavda tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,588, made up of 758 males and 830 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 895 hectares hectares.

Gagan Bavda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagan Bavda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Bavda
Area (hectares)	895 hectares
Population	1,588
Male Population	758
Female Population	830
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,095
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagan Bavda compares

By the 2011 count Gagan Bavda is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 895 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 930.

Getting to Gagan Bavda

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

Gagan Bavda lies about 46 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Vaibhavwadi Road, about 13 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 Gagan Bavda
Tehsil headquarters	Bavda	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Vaibhavwadi Road	13 km
Nearest town	Shahuwadi	43 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	46 km

Villages closest to Gagan Bavda

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 Gagan Bavda

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagan Bavda village had a population of 1,588. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Gagan Bavda village has 758 males and 830 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagan Bavda has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Gagan Bavda covers 895 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gagan Bavda falls under Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gagan Bavda is Vaibhavwadi Road, about 13 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 Gagan Bavda.

Gagan Bavda is about 46 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gagan Bavda is in Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bavda is about under 2 km away. Vaibhavwadi Road is about 13 km away. Shahuwadi is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.