About Gavashi Village

Gavashi is a mid sized village in Radhanagari tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,201, made up of 614 males and 587 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 719.81 hectares hectares.

Gavashi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gavashi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Radhanagari
Area (hectares)	719.81 hectares
Population	1,201
Male Population	614
Female Population	587
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gavashi compares

By the 2011 count Gavashi is the 60th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents. Its 719.81 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Gavashi

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

Gavashi lies about 28 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 29 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 Gavashi
Tehsil headquarters	Radhanagari	23 km
Nearest town	Pachgaon	27 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	28 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	29 km

Villages closest to Gavashi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gavashi village had a population of 1,201. That makes it the 60th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents.

Gavashi village has 614 males and 587 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gavashi has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

Gavashi covers 719.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gavashi falls under Radhanagari tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gavashi is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 29 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 Gavashi.

Gavashi 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.

Gavashi is in Radhanagari tehsil of Kolhapur district. Radhanagari is about 23 km away. Pachgaon is about 27 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.