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About Kanakwadi Village

Kanakwadi is a mid sized village in Kinwat tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,073, made up of 535 males and 538 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 849.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431804, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanakwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanakwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Kinwat
Pincode 431804
Area (hectares) 849.91 hectares
Population 1,073
Male Population 535
Female Population 538
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanakwadi compares

By the 2011 count Kanakwadi is the 73rd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,173 residents. Its 849.91 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Kanakwadi

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

Kanakwadi lies about 102 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Ambari(Deccan), about 11 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 Kanakwadi
Nearest railway station Ambari(Deccan) 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Kinwat 12 km
District headquarters Nanded 102 km

Villages closest to Kanakwadi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kinwat 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 Kanakwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanakwadi village had a population of 1,073. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,173 residents.

Kanakwadi village has 535 males and 538 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanakwadi has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Kanakwadi is 431804. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanakwadi covers 849.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanakwadi falls under Kinwat tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kanakwadi is Ambari(Deccan), about 11 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 Kanakwadi.

Kanakwadi is about 102 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanakwadi is in Kinwat tehsil of Nanded district. Ambari(Deccan) is about 11 km away. Kinwat is about 12 km away. Nanded is about 102 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malborgaon (2.2 km), Nichpur (3.9 km) and Rajgad (4.2 km).

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

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