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About Padawalwadi Village

Padawalwadi is a small village in Bavda tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 429, made up of 230 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1240 hectares hectares.

Padawalwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padawalwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Bavda
Area (hectares) 1240 hectares
Population 429
Male Population 230
Female Population 199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padawalwadi compares

By the 2011 count Padawalwadi is the 35th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 1240 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Padawalwadi

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

Padawalwadi lies about 31 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Vaibhavwadi Road, about 29 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 Padawalwadi
Tehsil headquarters Bavda 16 km
Nearest railway station Vaibhavwadi Road 29 km
Nearest town Shahuwadi 30 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 31 km

Villages closest to Padawalwadi

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 Padawalwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Padawalwadi village had a population of 429. That makes it the 35th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Padawalwadi village has 230 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padawalwadi has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Padawalwadi covers 1240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padawalwadi falls under Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Padawalwadi is Vaibhavwadi Road, about 29 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 Padawalwadi.

Padawalwadi is about 31 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padawalwadi is in Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bavda is about 16 km away. Vaibhavwadi Road is about 29 km away. Shahuwadi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mandukali (under 2 km), Andur (2.2 km) and Mandur (2.2 km).

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

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