About Malewad Village

Malewad is a large village in Sawantwadi tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,820, made up of 1,409 males and 1,411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1394 hectares hectares.

Malewad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malewad village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Sawantwadi
Area (hectares)	1394 hectares
Population	2,820
Male Population	1,409
Female Population	1,411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,001
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malewad compares

By the 2011 count Malewad is the 8th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 1394 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1043.

Getting to Malewad

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

Malewad lies about 25 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Madure, about 8.0 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 Malewad
Nearest railway station	Madure	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sawantwadi	16 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	16 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	25 km

Villages closest to Malewad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malewad village had a population of 2,820. That makes it the 8th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Malewad village has 1,409 males and 1,411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malewad has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1043.

Malewad covers 1394 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malewad falls under Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malewad is Madure, about 8.0 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 Malewad.

Malewad is about 25 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malewad is in Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Madure is about 8.0 km away. Sawantwadi is about 16 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.