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About Margewadi Village

Margewadi is a small village in Bavda tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 310, made up of 166 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165 hectares hectares.

Margewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Margewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Bavda
Area (hectares) 165 hectares
Population 310
Male Population 166
Female Population 144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Margewadi compares

By the 2011 count Margewadi is the 41st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 165 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Margewadi

Margewadi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Margewadi as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Margewadi from other places

Margewadi lies about 29 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 30 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 Margewadi
Tehsil headquarters Bavda 19 km
Nearest town Shahuwadi 28 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 29 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 30 km

Villages closest to Margewadi

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 Margewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Margewadi village had a population of 310. That makes it the 41st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Margewadi village has 166 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Margewadi has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Margewadi covers 165 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Margewadi falls under Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Margewadi is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 30 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Margewadi.

Margewadi is about 29 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Margewadi is in Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bavda is about 19 km away. Shahuwadi is about 28 km away. Kolhapur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nivade (1.9 km), Salwan (2.2 km) and Padawalwadi (2.3 km).

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

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