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About Yelvadi Village

Yelvadi is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 662, made up of 314 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 953 hectares hectares.

Yelvadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yelvadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Shahuwadi
Area (hectares) 953 hectares
Population 662
Male Population 314
Female Population 348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,108
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yelvadi compares

By the 2011 count Yelvadi is the 107th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 953 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Yelvadi

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

Yelvadi lies about 38 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Vilavade, 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 Yelvadi
Tehsil headquarters Shahuwadi 14 km
Nearest railway station Vilavade 29 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 38 km

Villages closest to Yelvadi

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 Yelvadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Yelvadi village had a population of 662. That makes it the 107th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Yelvadi village has 314 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yelvadi has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Yelvadi covers 953 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yelvadi falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Yelvadi is Vilavade, 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 Yelvadi.

Yelvadi is about 38 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yelvadi is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 14 km away. Vilavade is about 29 km away. Kolhapur is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Marale (2.4 km), Pal (2.4 km) and Palasavade (2.4 km).

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

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