About Palkarwadi Village

Palkarwadi is a mid sized village in Vengurla tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,596, made up of 773 males and 823 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 724.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416516, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palkarwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palkarwadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Vengurla
Pincode	416516
Area (hectares)	724.36 hectares
Population	1,596
Male Population	773
Female Population	823
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palkarwadi compares

By the 2011 count Palkarwadi is the 8th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 884 residents. Its 724.36 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Palkarwadi

Palkarwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palkarwadi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palkarwadi from other places

Palkarwadi 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 Palkarwadi
Tehsil headquarters	Vengurla	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Sawantwadi Road	12 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	18 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	28 km

Villages closest to Palkarwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palkarwadi village had a population of 1,596. That makes it the 8th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 884 residents.

Palkarwadi village has 773 males and 823 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palkarwadi has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Palkarwadi is 416516. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palkarwadi covers 724.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palkarwadi falls under Vengurla tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palkarwadi is Sawantwadi Road, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palkarwadi.

Palkarwadi 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.

Palkarwadi is in Vengurla tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Vengurla is about 5.5 km away. Sawantwadi Road is about 12 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.