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About Khambalwadi Village

Khambalwadi is a mid sized village in Vaibhavvadi tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 504, made up of 252 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.92 hectares hectares.

Khambalwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khambalwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Vaibhavvadi
Area (hectares) 396.92 hectares
Population 504
Male Population 252
Female Population 252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khambalwadi compares

By the 2011 count Khambalwadi is the 32nd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 743 residents. Its 396.92 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Khambalwadi

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

Khambalwadi lies about 22 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Pernem, about 10 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 Khambalwadi
Nearest railway station Pernem 10 km
Nearest town Mapusa 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Vaibhavvadi 22 km
District headquarters Sindhudurg 22 km

Villages closest to Khambalwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khambalwadi village had a population of 504. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 743 residents.

Khambalwadi village has 252 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khambalwadi has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Khambalwadi covers 396.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khambalwadi falls under Vaibhavvadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khambalwadi is Pernem, about 10 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 km distance for Khambalwadi.

Khambalwadi is about 22 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khambalwadi is in Vaibhavvadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Pernem is about 10 km away. Mapusa is about 19 km away. Vaibhavvadi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shirale (8.1 km), Nadhavade (14 km) and Tiravade Tarf Kharepatan (14 km).

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

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