About Palwan Village

Palwan is a mid sized village in Madha tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,068, made up of 578 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 624 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palwan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Madha
Pincode	413210
Area (hectares)	624 hectares
Population	1,068
Male Population	578
Female Population	490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palwan compares

By the 2011 count Palwan is the 93rd largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,664 residents. Its 624 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Palwan

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

Palwan lies about 75 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Padsali, about 9.5 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 Palwan
Nearest railway station	Padsali	9.5 km
Nearest town	Kurduvādi	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madha	23 km
District headquarters	Solapur	75 km

Villages closest to Palwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palwan village had a population of 1,068. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,664 residents.

Palwan village has 578 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palwan has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Palwan is 413210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palwan covers 624 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palwan falls under Madha tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palwan is Padsali, about 9.5 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 Palwan.

Palwan is about 75 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palwan is in Madha tehsil of Solapur district. Padsali is about 9.5 km away. Kurduvādi is about 15 km away. Madha is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.