About Sonavade Village

Sonavade is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,940, made up of 1,031 males and 909 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382 hectares hectares.

Sonavade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonavade village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Area (hectares)	382 hectares
Population	1,940
Male Population	1,031
Female Population	909
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sonavade compares

By the 2011 count Sonavade is the 24th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 382 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Sonavade

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

Sonavade lies about 58 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Adavali, about 38 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 Sonavade
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	23 km
Nearest railway station	Adavali	38 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	58 km

Villages closest to Sonavade

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 Sonavade

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonavade village had a population of 1,940. That makes it the 24th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Sonavade village has 1,031 males and 909 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonavade has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Sonavade covers 382 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonavade falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sonavade is Adavali, about 38 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 Sonavade.

Sonavade is about 58 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonavade is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 23 km away. Adavali is about 38 km away. Kolhapur is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.