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About Shindewadi Village

Shindewadi is a mid sized village in Panhala tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 740, made up of 365 males and 375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares.

Shindewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shindewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Panhala
Area (hectares) 130 hectares
Population 740
Male Population 365
Female Population 375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shindewadi compares

By the 2011 count Shindewadi is the 102nd 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 130 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Shindewadi

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

Shindewadi lies about 16 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 16 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 Shindewadi
Tehsil headquarters Panhala 5.4 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 16 km
Nearest town Kolhāpur 16 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 16 km

Villages closest to Shindewadi

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 Shindewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Shindewadi village had a population of 740. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Shindewadi village has 365 males and 375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shindewadi has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Shindewadi covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shindewadi falls under Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shindewadi is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 16 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 Shindewadi.

Shindewadi is about 16 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shindewadi is in Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district. Panhala is about 5.4 km away. Kolhapur is about 16 km away. Kolhāpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majegaon (under 2 km), Devthane (2.0 km) and Padal (2.5 km).

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

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