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About Katalwadi Village

Katalwadi is a mid sized village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 745, made up of 315 males and 430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,365 females per 1000 males. The village covers 385.44 hectares hectares.

Katalwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katalwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Chiplun
Area (hectares) 385.44 hectares
Population 745
Male Population 315
Female Population 430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,365
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katalwadi compares

By the 2011 count Katalwadi is the 116th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 385.44 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1147.

Getting to Katalwadi

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

Katalwadi lies about 91 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Kalambani Budruk, about 16 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 Katalwadi
Nearest railway station Kalambani Budruk 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Chiplun 28 km
Nearest town Chiplūn 28 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 91 km

Villages closest to Katalwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Katalwadi village had a population of 745. That makes it the 116th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Katalwadi village has 315 males and 430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katalwadi has about 1365 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1147.

Katalwadi covers 385.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katalwadi falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Katalwadi is Kalambani Budruk, about 16 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 Katalwadi.

Katalwadi is about 91 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katalwadi is in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Kalambani Budruk is about 16 km away. Chiplun is about 28 km away. Chiplūn is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Agarwadi (under 2 km), Durgwadi (under 2 km) and Durgwadi Kh (under 2 km).

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

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