About Wadicharan Village

Wadicharan is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,536, made up of 770 males and 766 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.14 hectares hectares.

Wadicharan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadicharan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Area (hectares)	237.14 hectares
Population	1,536
Male Population	770
Female Population	766
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wadicharan compares

By the 2011 count Wadicharan is the 49th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 237.14 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Wadicharan

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

Wadicharan lies about 29 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 Wadicharan
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	11 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	29 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	29 km

Villages closest to Wadicharan

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 Wadicharan

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadicharan village had a population of 1,536. That makes it the 49th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Wadicharan village has 770 males and 766 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadicharan has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Wadicharan covers 237.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Wadicharan falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wadicharan 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 Wadicharan.

Wadicharan is about 29 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wadicharan is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 11 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is about 29 km away. Kolhapur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.