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About Garivade Village

Garivade is a mid sized village in Bavda tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 783, made up of 416 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504 hectares hectares.

Garivade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garivade village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Bavda
Area (hectares) 504 hectares
Population 783
Male Population 416
Female Population 367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garivade compares

By the 2011 count Garivade is the 19th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 504 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 930.

Getting to Garivade

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

Garivade lies about 38 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Achirne, 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 Garivade
Tehsil headquarters Bavda 10 km
Nearest railway station Achirne 21 km
Nearest town Pachgaon 36 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 38 km

Villages closest to Garivade

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.

Common questions about Garivade

As per the Census of India 2011, Garivade village had a population of 783. That makes it the 19th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Garivade village has 416 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garivade has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Garivade covers 504 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garivade falls under Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Garivade is Achirne, 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 Garivade.

Garivade is about 38 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garivade is in Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bavda is about 10 km away. Achirne is about 21 km away. Pachgaon is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Borbet (2.8 km), Patilwadi (3.8 km) and Sheloshi (4.8 km).

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

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