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About Yenechawandi Village

Yenechawandi is a mid sized village in Gadhinglaj tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,403, made up of 690 males and 713 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yenechawandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yenechawandi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Gadhinglaj
Pincode 416506
Area (hectares) 429 hectares
Population 1,403
Male Population 690
Female Population 713
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yenechawandi compares

By the 2011 count Yenechawandi is the 51st largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents. Its 429 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Yenechawandi

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

Yenechawandi lies about 61 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Pachhapur, about 28 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 Yenechawandi
Nearest town Sankeshwar 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Gadhinglaj 10 km
Nearest railway station Pachhapur 28 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 61 km

Villages closest to Yenechawandi

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 Yenechawandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Yenechawandi village had a population of 1,403. That makes it the 51st largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents.

Yenechawandi village has 690 males and 713 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yenechawandi has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1080.

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

Yenechawandi covers 429 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yenechawandi falls under Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Yenechawandi is Pachhapur, about 28 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 Yenechawandi.

Yenechawandi is about 61 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yenechawandi is in Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district. Sankeshwar is about 9.7 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 10 km away. Pachhapur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nandanwad (2.2 km), Basarge Bk (2.7 km) and Hanmantwadi (2.7 km).

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

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