About Kandavan Village

Kandavan is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,158, made up of 544 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1497.06 hectares hectares.

Kandavan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandavan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Area (hectares)	1497.06 hectares
Population	1,158
Male Population	544
Female Population	614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,129
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kandavan compares

By the 2011 count Kandavan is the 70th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 1497.06 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Kandavan

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

Kandavan lies about 53 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Adavali, about 35 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 Kandavan
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	16 km
Nearest railway station	Adavali	35 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	53 km

Villages closest to Kandavan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandavan village had a population of 1,158. That makes it the 70th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Kandavan village has 544 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandavan has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Kandavan covers 1497.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kandavan falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kandavan is Adavali, about 35 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 Kandavan.

Kandavan is about 53 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandavan is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 16 km away. Adavali is about 35 km away. Kolhapur is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.