About Shankarwadi Village

Shankarwadi is a mid sized village in Kagal tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 575, made up of 298 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154 hectares hectares.

Shankarwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarwadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Kagal
Area (hectares)	154 hectares
Population	575
Male Population	298
Female Population	277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankarwadi compares

By the 2011 count Shankarwadi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,739 residents. Its 154 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Shankarwadi

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

Shankarwadi 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 Shankarwadi
Nearest town	Nipāni	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kagal	11 km
Nearest railway station	Valivade	24 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	27 km

Villages closest to Shankarwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarwadi village had a population of 575. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,739 residents.

Shankarwadi village has 298 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarwadi has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Shankarwadi covers 154 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankarwadi falls under Kagal tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shankarwadi 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 10+ km distance for Shankarwadi.

Shankarwadi 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.

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