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About Saitavade Village

Saitavade is a mid sized village in Bavda tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,072, made up of 560 males and 512 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1627 hectares hectares.

Saitavade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saitavade village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Bavda
Area (hectares) 1627 hectares
Population 1,072
Male Population 560
Female Population 512
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 914
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saitavade compares

By the 2011 count Saitavade is the 14th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 1627 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, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Saitavade

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

Saitavade lies about 34 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 35 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 Saitavade
Nearest town Kāgal 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Bavda 32 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 34 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 35 km

Villages closest to Saitavade

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 Saitavade

As per the Census of India 2011, Saitavade village had a population of 1,072. That makes it the 14th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Saitavade village has 560 males and 512 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saitavade has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Saitavade covers 1627 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.

Saitavade falls under Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Saitavade is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 35 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 Saitavade.

Saitavade is about 34 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saitavade is in Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district. Kāgal is about 29 km away. Bavda is about 32 km away. Kolhapur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kode Kh (11 km), Taliye Kh (20 km) and Garivade (22 km).

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

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