About Porewadi Village

Porewadi is a mid sized village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 542, made up of 262 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416509, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porewadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Chandgad
Pincode	416509
Area (hectares)	263 hectares
Population	542
Male Population	262
Female Population	280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Porewadi compares

By the 2011 count Porewadi is the 123rd largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 263 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Porewadi

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

Porewadi lies about 79 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 30 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 Porewadi
Tehsil headquarters	Chandgad	10 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	28 km
Nearest railway station	Belagavi	30 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	79 km

Villages closest to Porewadi

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 Porewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Porewadi village had a population of 542. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Porewadi village has 262 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porewadi has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Porewadi is 416509. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porewadi covers 263 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Porewadi falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Porewadi is Belagavi, about 30 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 Porewadi.

Porewadi is about 79 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porewadi is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 10 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 28 km away. Belagavi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.