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About Posewadi Village

Posewadi is a mid sized village in Khanapur tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,479, made up of 720 males and 759 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 604.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Posewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Posewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sangli
Tehsil Khanapur
Pincode 415307
Area (hectares) 604.39 hectares
Population 1,479
Male Population 720
Female Population 759
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,054
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Posewadi compares

By the 2011 count Posewadi is the 36th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents. Its 604.39 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1052.

Getting to Posewadi

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

Posewadi lies about 47 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Bhilawadi, about 34 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 Posewadi
Tehsil headquarters Khanapur 2.4 km
Nearest town Vite 17 km
Nearest railway station Bhilawadi 34 km
District headquarters Sangli 47 km

Villages closest to Posewadi

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 Posewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Posewadi village had a population of 1,479. That makes it the 36th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents.

Posewadi village has 720 males and 759 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Posewadi has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1052.

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

Posewadi covers 604.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Posewadi falls under Khanapur tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Posewadi is Bhilawadi, about 34 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 Posewadi.

Posewadi is about 47 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Posewadi is in Khanapur tehsil of Sangli district. Khanapur is about 2.4 km away. Vite is about 17 km away. Bhilawadi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanapur (2.4 km), Jakhinwadi (3.3 km) and Ainwadi (4.0 km).

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

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