About Bongewadi Village

Bongewadi is a small village in Panhala tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 496, made up of 251 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bongewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bongewadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Panhala
Pincode	416311
Area (hectares)	89.17 hectares
Population	496
Male Population	251
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bongewadi compares

By the 2011 count Bongewadi is the 113th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 89.17 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Bongewadi

Bongewadi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bongewadi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bongewadi from other places

Bongewadi lies about 40 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Veravali, about 40 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 Bongewadi
Nearest town	Shahuwadi	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Panhala	22 km
Nearest railway station	Veravali	40 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	40 km

Villages closest to Bongewadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bongewadi village had a population of 496. That makes it the 113th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Bongewadi village has 251 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bongewadi has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Bongewadi is 416311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bongewadi covers 89.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bongewadi falls under Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Bongewadi is Veravali, about 40 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bongewadi.

Bongewadi is about 40 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bongewadi is in Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 5.6 km away. Panhala is about 22 km away. Veravali is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.