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About Musalwadi Village

Musalwadi is a mid sized village in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,389, made up of 728 males and 661 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 482.21 hectares hectares.

Musalwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Musalwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Washim
Tehsil Malegaon
Area (hectares) 482.21 hectares
Population 1,389
Male Population 728
Female Population 661
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Musalwadi compares

By the 2011 count Musalwadi is the 40th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 482.21 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Musalwadi

Musalwadi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Musalwadi 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Musalwadi from other places

Musalwadi lies about 30 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Amanwadi, about 1.6 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 Musalwadi
Nearest railway station Amanwadi 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Malegaon 18 km
Nearest town Pātūr 18 km
District headquarters Washim 30 km

Villages closest to Musalwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Musalwadi village had a population of 1,389. That makes it the 40th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Musalwadi village has 728 males and 661 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Musalwadi has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Musalwadi covers 482.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Musalwadi falls under Malegaon tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Musalwadi is Amanwadi, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Musalwadi is about 30 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Musalwadi is in Malegaon tehsil of Washim district. Amanwadi is about 1.6 km away. Malegaon is about 18 km away. Pātūr is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amana (under 2 km), Kutardoh (1.8 km) and Wadiramrao (3.7 km).

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

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