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About Murkutewadi Village

Murkutewadi is a mid sized village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,491, made up of 758 males and 733 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 495 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murkutewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murkutewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Chandgad
Pincode 416507
Area (hectares) 495 hectares
Population 1,491
Male Population 758
Female Population 733
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Murkutewadi compares

By the 2011 count Murkutewadi is the 38th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 495 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. 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 Murkutewadi

Murkutewadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Murkutewadi 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. The nearest villages by name are Mauje Karve, Mirwel, Morewadi and Motanwadi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Murkutewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Murkutewadi village had a population of 1,491. That makes it the 38th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Murkutewadi village has 758 males and 733 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murkutewadi has about 967 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.

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

Murkutewadi covers 495 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Murkutewadi falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Murkutewadi 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 10+ km distance for Murkutewadi.

Murkutewadi is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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