About Gaonkarwada Village

Gaonkarwada is a small village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 444, made up of 245 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416626, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaonkarwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaonkarwada village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Malwan
Pincode	416626
Area (hectares)	116 hectares
Population	444
Male Population	245
Female Population	199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	812
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaonkarwada compares

By the 2011 count Gaonkarwada is the 82nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 116 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 1067.

Getting to Gaonkarwada

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

Gaonkarwada lies about 17 km from Malwan, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 6.9 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 Gaonkarwada
Nearest railway station	Sindhudurg	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malwan	17 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	30 km

Villages closest to Gaonkarwada

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

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Common questions about Gaonkarwada

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaonkarwada village had a population of 444. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Gaonkarwada village has 245 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaonkarwada has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Gaonkarwada is 416626. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaonkarwada covers 116 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gaonkarwada falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gaonkarwada is Sindhudurg, about 6.9 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 Gaonkarwada.

Gaonkarwada is about 17 km from Malwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaonkarwada is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sindhudurg is about 6.9 km away. Malwan is about 17 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.