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About Fatakwadi Village

Fatakwadi is a small village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 243 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293.41 hectares hectares.

Fatakwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Fatakwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Chandgad
Area (hectares) 293.41 hectares
Population 477
Male Population 243
Female Population 234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 963
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Fatakwadi compares

By the 2011 count Fatakwadi is the 128th 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 293.41 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. 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 Fatakwadi

Fatakwadi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Fatakwadi as Available within 5 - 10 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 Fatakwadi from other places

Fatakwadi lies about 80 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 37 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 Fatakwadi
Tehsil headquarters Chandgad 4.2 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 32 km
Nearest railway station Belagavi 37 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 80 km

Villages closest to Fatakwadi

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 Fatakwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Fatakwadi village had a population of 477. That makes it the 128th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Fatakwadi village has 243 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Fatakwadi has about 963 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.

Fatakwadi covers 293.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Fatakwadi falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Fatakwadi is Belagavi, about 37 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Fatakwadi.

Fatakwadi is about 80 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Fatakwadi is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 4.2 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 32 km away. Belagavi is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hindagaon (under 2 km), Kanadi (2.3 km) and Savarde Inam (2.3 km).

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

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