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About Masewadi Village

Masewadi is a mid sized village in Gadhinglaj tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 648, made up of 279 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,323 females per 1000 males. The village covers 392 hectares hectares.

Masewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Gadhinglaj
Area (hectares) 392 hectares
Population 648
Male Population 279
Female Population 369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,323
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masewadi compares

By the 2011 count Masewadi is the 78th 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 392 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Masewadi

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

Masewadi lies about 56 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Pachhapur, about 46 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 Masewadi
Tehsil headquarters Gadhinglaj 11 km
Nearest railway station Pachhapur 46 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 56 km

Villages closest to Masewadi

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.

Common questions about Masewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Masewadi village had a population of 648. That makes it the 78th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents.

Masewadi village has 279 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masewadi has about 1323 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1080.

Masewadi covers 392 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.

Masewadi falls under Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Masewadi is Pachhapur, about 46 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 Masewadi.

Masewadi is about 56 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masewadi is in Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district. Gadhinglaj is about 11 km away. Pachhapur is about 46 km away. Kolhapur is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hirlage (4.3 km), Shipur Tarf Ajara (4.7 km) and Karambali (5.3 km).

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

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