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About Malewadi Village

Malewadi is a large village in Walwa tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,614, made up of 1,381 males and 1,233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 725 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sangli
Tehsil Walwa
Pincode 415411
Area (hectares) 725 hectares
Population 2,614
Male Population 1,381
Female Population 1,233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malewadi compares

By the 2011 count Malewadi is the 45th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,662 residents. Its 725 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 Malewadi

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

Malewadi lies about 30 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Kirloskarvadi, about 21 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 Malewadi
Nearest town Wadgaon 11 km
Nearest railway station Kirloskarvadi 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Walwa 30 km
District headquarters Sangli 30 km

Villages closest to Malewadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malewadi village had a population of 2,614. That makes it the 45th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,662 residents.

Malewadi village has 1,381 males and 1,233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malewadi has about 893 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 Malewadi is 415411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malewadi covers 725 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malewadi falls under Walwa tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malewadi is Kirloskarvadi, about 21 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 Malewadi.

Malewadi is about 30 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malewadi is in Walwa tehsil of Sangli district. Wadgaon is about 11 km away. Kirloskarvadi is about 21 km away. Walwa is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tandulwadi (under 2 km), Kanegaon (3.1 km) and Kasegaon (3.1 km).

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

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