About Turukwadi Village

Turukwadi is a large village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,215, made up of 1,100 males and 1,115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 650.82 hectares hectares.

Turukwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turukwadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Area (hectares)	650.82 hectares
Population	2,215
Male Population	1,100
Female Population	1,115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turukwadi compares

By the 2011 count Turukwadi is the 19th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 650.82 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Turukwadi

Turukwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Turukwadi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Turukwadi from other places

Turukwadi lies about 42 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shenoli, about 39 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 Turukwadi
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	8.5 km
Nearest railway station	Shenoli	39 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	42 km

Villages closest to Turukwadi

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 Turukwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Turukwadi village had a population of 2,215. That makes it the 19th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Turukwadi village has 1,100 males and 1,115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turukwadi has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

Turukwadi covers 650.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turukwadi falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Turukwadi is Shenoli, about 39 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 5 - 10 km distance for Turukwadi.

Turukwadi is about 42 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turukwadi is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 8.5 km away. Shenoli is about 39 km away. Kolhapur is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.