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About Manwad Village

Manwad is a mid sized village in Gadhinglaj tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,077, made up of 487 males and 590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,211 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manwad village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Gadhinglaj
Pincode 416506
Area (hectares) 422 hectares
Population 1,077
Male Population 487
Female Population 590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,211
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manwad compares

By the 2011 count Manwad is the 59th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents. Its 422 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Manwad

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

Manwad lies about 65 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Pachhapur, about 26 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 Manwad
Tehsil headquarters Gadhinglaj 13 km
Nearest railway station Pachhapur 26 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 65 km

Villages closest to Manwad

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 Manwad

As per the Census of India 2011, Manwad village had a population of 1,077. That makes it the 59th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents.

Manwad village has 487 males and 590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manwad has about 1211 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Manwad is 416506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manwad covers 422 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manwad falls under Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Manwad is Pachhapur, about 26 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 Manwad.

Manwad is about 65 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manwad is in Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district. Gadhinglaj is about 13 km away. Pachhapur is about 26 km away. Kolhapur is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narewadi (1.8 km), Nandanwad (2.1 km) and Bugadi Katti (2.5 km).

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

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