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About Darewadi Village

Darewadi is a mid sized village in Panhala tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,058, made up of 558 males and 500 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Panhala
Pincode 416229
Area (hectares) 361.42 hectares
Population 1,058
Male Population 558
Female Population 500
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Darewadi compares

By the 2011 count Darewadi is the 82nd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 361.42 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Darewadi

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

Darewadi lies about 12 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 14 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 Darewadi
Nearest town Pachgaon 10 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 12 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Panhala 20 km

Villages closest to Darewadi

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.

Common questions about Darewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Darewadi village had a population of 1,058. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Darewadi village has 558 males and 500 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darewadi has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Darewadi is 416229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darewadi covers 361.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darewadi falls under Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Darewadi is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 14 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 Darewadi.

Darewadi is about 12 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darewadi is in Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district. Pachgaon is about 10 km away. Kolhapur is about 12 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Washi (4.4 km), Dewale (4.5 km) and Arale (9.5 km).

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

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