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About Powachiwadi Village

Powachiwadi is a small village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 222 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416509, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Powachiwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Powachiwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Chandgad
Pincode 416509
Area (hectares) 206 hectares
Population 445
Male Population 222
Female Population 223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Powachiwadi compares

By the 2011 count Powachiwadi is the 131st 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 206 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Powachiwadi

Powachiwadi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Powachiwadi as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Powachiwadi from other places

Powachiwadi lies about 79 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 34 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 Powachiwadi
Tehsil headquarters Chandgad 6.6 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 30 km
Nearest railway station Belagavi 34 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 79 km

Villages closest to Powachiwadi

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 Powachiwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Powachiwadi village had a population of 445. That makes it the 131st largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Powachiwadi village has 222 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Powachiwadi has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

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

Powachiwadi covers 206 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Powachiwadi falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Powachiwadi is Belagavi, about 34 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Powachiwadi.

Powachiwadi 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.

Powachiwadi is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 6.6 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 30 km away. Belagavi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanadi (under 2 km), Savarde Inam (under 2 km) and Savarde Khalsa (under 2 km).

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

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