About Katvad Village

Katvad is a small village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 463, made up of 226 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katvad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katvad village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Malwan
Pincode	416606
Area (hectares)	341.06 hectares
Population	463
Male Population	226
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Katvad compares

By the 2011 count Katvad is the 76th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 341.06 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Katvad

Katvad is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Katvad as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Katvad from other places

Katvad lies about 46 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Kudal, about 18 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 Katvad
Tehsil headquarters	Malwan	5.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kudal	18 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	38 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	46 km

Villages closest to Katvad

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 Katvad

As per the Census of India 2011, Katvad village had a population of 463. That makes it the 76th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Katvad village has 226 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katvad has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Katvad is 416606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katvad covers 341.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katvad falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Katvad is Kudal, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Katvad.

Katvad is about 46 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katvad is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Malwan is about 5.4 km away. Kudal is about 18 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.