About Kenchewadi Village

Kenchewadi is a mid sized village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 471 males and 539 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,144 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203 hectares hectares.

Kenchewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kenchewadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Chandgad
Area (hectares)	203 hectares
Population	1,010
Male Population	471
Female Population	539
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,144
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kenchewadi compares

By the 2011 count Kenchewadi is the 68th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 203 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Kenchewadi

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

Kenchewadi lies about 78 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 32 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 Kenchewadi
Tehsil headquarters	Chandgad	9.2 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	28 km
Nearest railway station	Belagavi	32 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	78 km

Villages closest to Kenchewadi

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 Kenchewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kenchewadi village had a population of 1,010. That makes it the 68th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Kenchewadi village has 471 males and 539 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kenchewadi has about 1144 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Kenchewadi covers 203 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kenchewadi falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kenchewadi is Belagavi, about 32 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 Kenchewadi.

Kenchewadi 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.

Kenchewadi is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 9.2 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 28 km away. Belagavi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.