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About Malaviwadi Village

Malaviwadi is a small village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 450, made up of 236 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 754 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malaviwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malaviwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Chandgad
Pincode 416507
Area (hectares) 754 hectares
Population 450
Male Population 236
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malaviwadi compares

By the 2011 count Malaviwadi is the 130th 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 754 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Malaviwadi

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

Malaviwadi lies about 90 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Madure, about 36 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 Malaviwadi
Tehsil headquarters Chandgad 7.1 km
Nearest town Sāvantvādi 34 km
Nearest railway station Madure 36 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 90 km

Villages closest to Malaviwadi

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 Malaviwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Malaviwadi village had a population of 450. That makes it the 130th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Malaviwadi village has 236 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malaviwadi has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Malaviwadi is 416507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malaviwadi covers 754 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malaviwadi falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malaviwadi is Madure, about 36 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 Malaviwadi.

Malaviwadi is about 90 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malaviwadi is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 7.1 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 34 km away. Madure is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umagaon (under 2 km), Nhaveli (2.1 km) and Jambre (2.5 km).

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

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