About Gaulwadi Village

Gaulwadi is a mid sized village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 519, made up of 257 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaulwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaulwadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Chandgad
Pincode	416507
Area (hectares)	154.18 hectares
Population	519
Male Population	257
Female Population	262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaulwadi compares

By the 2011 count Gaulwadi is the 124th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 154.18 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Gaulwadi

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

Gaulwadi lies about 74 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Zarap, 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 Gaulwadi
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandgad	27 km
Nearest railway station	Zarap	29 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	74 km

Villages closest to Gaulwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaulwadi village had a population of 519. That makes it the 124th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Gaulwadi village has 257 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaulwadi has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Gaulwadi is 416507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaulwadi covers 154.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gaulwadi falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gaulwadi is Zarap, 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 Gaulwadi.

Gaulwadi is about 74 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaulwadi is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Sāvantvādi is about 25 km away. Chandgad is about 27 km away. Zarap is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.