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About Malatwadi Village

Malatwadi is a mid sized village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,664, made up of 777 males and 887 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,142 females per 1000 males. The village covers 505.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416508, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malatwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malatwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Chandgad
Pincode 416508
Area (hectares) 505.46 hectares
Population 1,664
Male Population 777
Female Population 887
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,142
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malatwadi compares

By the 2011 count Malatwadi is the 31st largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 505.46 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 Malatwadi

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

Malatwadi lies about 80 km from Kolhapur. 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 Malatwadi
Tehsil headquarters Chandgad 18 km
Nearest town Belagavi 23 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 80 km

Villages closest to Malatwadi

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 Malatwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Malatwadi village had a population of 1,664. That makes it the 31st largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Malatwadi village has 777 males and 887 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malatwadi has about 1142 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Malatwadi is 416508. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malatwadi covers 505.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malatwadi falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Malatwadi notes the nearest railway station 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 Malatwadi.

Malatwadi 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.

Malatwadi is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 18 km away. Belagavi is about 23 km away. Kolhapur is about 80 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghulewadi (1.6 km), Mahalewadi (1.7 km) and Lakikatte (1.9 km).

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

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