About Darwad Village

Darwad is a mid sized village in Bhudargad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,668, made up of 840 males and 828 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.89 hectares hectares.

Darwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darwad village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Bhudargad
Area (hectares)	288.89 hectares
Population	1,668
Male Population	840
Female Population	828
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darwad compares

By the 2011 count Darwad is the 25th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents. Its 288.89 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Darwad

Darwad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darwad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Darwad from other places

Darwad lies about 53 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Pachhapur, about 46 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 Darwad
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhudargad	15 km
Nearest railway station	Pachhapur	46 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	53 km

Villages closest to Darwad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhudargad 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 Darwad

As per the Census of India 2011, Darwad village had a population of 1,668. That makes it the 25th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents.

Darwad village has 840 males and 828 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darwad has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Darwad covers 288.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darwad falls under Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Darwad is Pachhapur, about 46 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 5 - 10 km distance for Darwad.

Darwad is about 53 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darwad is in Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Gadhinglaj is about 9.1 km away. Bhudargad is about 15 km away. Pachhapur is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.