About Gavase Village

Gavase is a mid sized village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,985, made up of 999 males and 986 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 945 hectares hectares.

Gavase Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gavase village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Chandgad
Area (hectares)	945 hectares
Population	1,985
Male Population	999
Female Population	986
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gavase compares

By the 2011 count Gavase is the 20th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 945 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Gavase

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

Gavase lies about 78 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 39 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 Gavase
Tehsil headquarters	Chandgad	6.5 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	31 km
Nearest railway station	Belagavi	39 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	78 km

Villages closest to Gavase

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 Gavase

As per the Census of India 2011, Gavase village had a population of 1,985. That makes it the 20th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Gavase village has 999 males and 986 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gavase has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Gavase covers 945 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gavase falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gavase is Belagavi, about 39 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 Gavase.

Gavase is about 78 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gavase is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 6.5 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 31 km away. Belagavi is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.