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About Khatwadi Village

Khatwadi is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 835, made up of 401 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442 hectares hectares.

Khatwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Shahuwadi
Area (hectares) 442 hectares
Population 835
Male Population 401
Female Population 434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,082
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khatwadi compares

By the 2011 count Khatwadi is the 87th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 442 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Khatwadi

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

Khatwadi 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 Khatwadi
Tehsil headquarters Shahuwadi 11 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 28 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 28 km

Villages closest to Khatwadi

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.

Common questions about Khatwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatwadi village had a population of 835. That makes it the 87th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Khatwadi village has 401 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatwadi has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Khatwadi covers 442 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khatwadi falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khatwadi 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 Khatwadi.

Khatwadi 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.

Khatwadi is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 11 km away. Kolhapur is about 28 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 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 Pishavi (2.4 km), Karanjfen (3.7 km) and Warewadi (4.1 km).

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

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