About Turkewadi Village

Turkewadi is a large village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,683, made up of 1,808 males and 1,875 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 691.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turkewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turkewadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Chandgad
Pincode	416507
Area (hectares)	691.87 hectares
Population	3,683
Male Population	1,808
Female Population	1,875
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turkewadi compares

By the 2011 count Turkewadi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 691.87 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Turkewadi

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

Turkewadi lies about 91 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 Turkewadi
Tehsil headquarters	Chandgad	18 km
Nearest town	Belagavi	19 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	91 km

Villages closest to Turkewadi

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 Turkewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Turkewadi village had a population of 3,683. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Turkewadi village has 1,808 males and 1,875 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turkewadi has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

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

Turkewadi covers 691.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turkewadi falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Turkewadi 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 Turkewadi.

Turkewadi is about 91 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turkewadi is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 18 km away. Belagavi is about 19 km away. Kolhapur is about 91 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.