About Rakshewadi Village

Rakshewadi is a mid sized village in Shirur tehsil, in the district of Pune, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 790, made up of 418 males and 372 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 412211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakshewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakshewadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune
Tehsil	Shirur
Pincode	412211
Area (hectares)	347.62 hectares
Population	790
Male Population	418
Female Population	372
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakshewadi compares

By the 2011 count Rakshewadi is the 107th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,802 residents. Its 347.62 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Rakshewadi

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

Rakshewadi lies about 49 km from Pune, and the nearest railway station is Uruli, about 37 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 Rakshewadi
Tehsil headquarters	Shirur	19 km
Nearest town	Sirūr	19 km
Nearest railway station	Uruli	37 km
District headquarters	Pune	49 km

Villages closest to Rakshewadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakshewadi village had a population of 790. That makes it the 107th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,802 residents.

Rakshewadi village has 418 males and 372 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakshewadi has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Rakshewadi is 412211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakshewadi covers 347.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakshewadi falls under Shirur tehsil of Pune district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Rakshewadi is Uruli, about 37 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 Rakshewadi.

Rakshewadi is about 49 km from Pune in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakshewadi is in Shirur tehsil of Pune district. Shirur is about 19 km away. Sirūr is about 19 km away. Uruli is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.