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About Polewadi Village

Polewadi is a mid sized village in Loha tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,450, made up of 750 males and 700 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 475.81 hectares hectares.

Polewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Polewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Loha
Area (hectares) 475.81 hectares
Population 1,450
Male Population 750
Female Population 700
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Polewadi compares

By the 2011 count Polewadi is the 56th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,770 residents. Its 475.81 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Polewadi

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

Polewadi lies about 36 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Chudawa, 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 Polewadi
Tehsil headquarters Loha 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Chudawa 29 km
District headquarters Nanded 36 km

Villages closest to Polewadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Polewadi village had a population of 1,450. That makes it the 56th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,770 residents.

Polewadi village has 750 males and 700 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Polewadi has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 946.

Polewadi covers 475.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Polewadi falls under Loha tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Polewadi is Chudawa, 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 <5 km distance for Polewadi.

Polewadi is about 36 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Polewadi is in Loha tehsil of Nanded district. Loha is about 3.7 km away. Chudawa is about 29 km away. Nanded is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangrul (1.8 km), Berali Kh (2.2 km) and Maski (3.3 km).

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

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