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About Virmade Village

Virmade is a mid sized village in Wai tehsil, in the district of Satara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,475, made up of 745 males and 730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 302.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Virmade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Virmade village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Satara
Tehsil Wai
Pincode 415020
Area (hectares) 302.82 hectares
Population 1,475
Male Population 745
Female Population 730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 980
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Virmade compares

By the 2011 count Virmade is the 33rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 302.82 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1064.

Getting to Virmade

Virmade is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Virmade as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Virmade from other places

Virmade lies about 49 km from Satara, and the nearest railway station is Valha, about 9.8 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 Virmade
Nearest railway station Valha 9.8 km
Nearest town Sāsvad 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Wai 29 km
District headquarters Satara 49 km

Villages closest to Virmade

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Virmade village had a population of 1,475. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Virmade village has 745 males and 730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Virmade has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1064.

The pincode recorded for Virmade is 415020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Virmade covers 302.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Virmade falls under Wai tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Virmade is Valha, about 9.8 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 - 10 km distance for Virmade.

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

Virmade is in Wai tehsil of Satara district. Valha is about 9.8 km away. Sāsvad is about 26 km away. Wai is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kisanvirnagar (under 2 km), Kenjal (19 km) and Maparwadi Vapanwadi (29 km).

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

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