About Palayewadi Village

Palayewadi is a small village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 455, made up of 215 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,116 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416608, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayewadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Malwan
Pincode	416608
Area (hectares)	479.24 hectares
Population	455
Male Population	215
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,116
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palayewadi compares

By the 2011 count Palayewadi is the 79th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 479.24 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Palayewadi

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

Palayewadi lies about 28 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Sawantwadi Road, about 12 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 Palayewadi
Nearest railway station	Sawantwadi Road	12 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	18 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malwan	34 km

Villages closest to Palayewadi

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 Palayewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayewadi village had a population of 455. That makes it the 79th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Palayewadi village has 215 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayewadi has about 1116 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Palayewadi is 416608. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayewadi covers 479.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palayewadi falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palayewadi is Sawantwadi Road, about 12 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 Palayewadi.

Palayewadi is about 28 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palayewadi is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sawantwadi Road is about 12 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 18 km away. Sindhudurg is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.