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About Lakudwadi Village

Lakudwadi is a mid sized village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 831, made up of 402 males and 429 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232 hectares hectares.

Lakudwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakudwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Chandgad
Area (hectares) 232 hectares
Population 831
Male Population 402
Female Population 429
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lakudwadi compares

By the 2011 count Lakudwadi is the 90th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 232 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Lakudwadi

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

Lakudwadi lies about 66 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 34 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 Lakudwadi
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandgad 26 km
Nearest railway station Belagavi 34 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 66 km

Villages closest to Lakudwadi

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.

Common questions about Lakudwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakudwadi village had a population of 831. That makes it the 90th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Lakudwadi village has 402 males and 429 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakudwadi has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1037.

Lakudwadi covers 232 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lakudwadi falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Lakudwadi is Belagavi, about 34 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 Lakudwadi.

Lakudwadi is about 66 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakudwadi is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Gadhinglaj is about 12 km away. Chandgad is about 26 km away. Belagavi 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 Teurwadi (11 km), Saroli (12 km) and Kamewadi (12 km).

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

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