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About Khotwadi Village

Khotwadi is a mid sized village in Panhala tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,273, made up of 692 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.5 hectares hectares.

Khotwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khotwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Panhala
Area (hectares) 152.5 hectares
Population 1,273
Male Population 692
Female Population 581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khotwadi compares

By the 2011 count Khotwadi is the 70th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 152.5 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Khotwadi

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

Khotwadi lies about 28 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, 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 Khotwadi
Nearest town Shahuwadi 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Panhala 12 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 28 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 28 km

Villages closest to Khotwadi

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 Khotwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Khotwadi village had a population of 1,273. That makes it the 70th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Khotwadi village has 692 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khotwadi has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Khotwadi covers 152.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khotwadi falls under Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khotwadi is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, 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 Khotwadi.

Khotwadi is about 28 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khotwadi is in Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 11 km away. Panhala is about 12 km away. Kolhapur 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 Bandivade (under 2 km), Kumbharwadi (2.8 km) and Kaneri (4.2 km).

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

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