About Donewadi Village

Donewadi is a mid sized village in Gadhinglaj tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 632, made up of 321 males and 311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365 hectares hectares.

Donewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Donewadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Gadhinglaj
Area (hectares)	365 hectares
Population	632
Male Population	321
Female Population	311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Donewadi compares

By the 2011 count Donewadi is the 80th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents. Its 365 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Donewadi

Donewadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Donewadi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Donewadi from other places

Donewadi lies about 27 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Valivade, about 24 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 Donewadi
Nearest town	Nipāni	11 km
Nearest railway station	Valivade	24 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gadhinglaj	30 km

Villages closest to Donewadi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gadhinglaj 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 Donewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Donewadi village had a population of 632. That makes it the 80th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents.

Donewadi village has 321 males and 311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Donewadi has about 969 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 1080.

Donewadi covers 365 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Donewadi falls under Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Donewadi is Valivade, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance for Donewadi.

Donewadi is about 27 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Donewadi is in Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district. Nipāni is about 11 km away. Valivade is about 24 km away. Kolhapur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.