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About Gorewadi Village

Gorewadi is a mid sized village in Khanapur tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 704, made up of 329 males and 375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,140 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sangli
Tehsil Khanapur
Pincode 415307
Area (hectares) 321.68 hectares
Population 704
Male Population 329
Female Population 375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,140
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gorewadi compares

By the 2011 count Gorewadi is the 53rd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents. Its 321.68 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1052.

Getting to Gorewadi

Gorewadi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gorewadi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gorewadi from other places

Gorewadi lies about 51 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Dhalgaon, about 36 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 Gorewadi
Tehsil headquarters Khanapur 3.6 km
Nearest town Vite 18 km
Nearest railway station Dhalgaon 36 km
District headquarters Sangli 51 km

Villages closest to Gorewadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorewadi village had a population of 704. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents.

Gorewadi village has 329 males and 375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorewadi has about 1140 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1052.

The pincode recorded for Gorewadi is 415307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorewadi covers 321.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorewadi falls under Khanapur tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gorewadi is Dhalgaon, about 36 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gorewadi.

Gorewadi is about 51 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorewadi is in Khanapur tehsil of Sangli district. Khanapur is about 3.6 km away. Vite is about 18 km away. Dhalgaon 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 Balvadi (2.0 km), Jadhavwadi (2.0 km) and Jakhinwadi (2.8 km).

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

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