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About Morewadi Village

Morewadi is a small village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 320, made up of 132 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,424 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Morewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Chandgad
Pincode 416505
Area (hectares) 182.58 hectares
Population 320
Male Population 132
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,424
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Morewadi compares

By the 2011 count Morewadi is the 146th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 182.58 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Morewadi

Morewadi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Morewadi as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Morewadi from other places

Morewadi lies about 73 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 Morewadi
Tehsil headquarters Chandgad 14 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 22 km
Nearest railway station Belagavi 34 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 73 km

Villages closest to Morewadi

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 Morewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Morewadi village had a population of 320. That makes it the 146th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Morewadi village has 132 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morewadi has about 1424 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Morewadi is 416505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Morewadi covers 182.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Morewadi falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Morewadi 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Morewadi.

Morewadi is about 73 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morewadi is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 14 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 22 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 Vinzane (under 2 km), Bonjurdi (1.6 km) and Adkur (2.9 km).

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

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