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By population, Pethewadi ranks #93 of 98 villages in Ajra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pethewadi is a village of 144 people in 31 households (Census 2011) in Ajra taluka, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, the 93rd-largest of 98 villages in Ajra taluka. Literacy is 69%, 4 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 946 women per 1,000 men. It lies 291 km from the Kolhapur district centre, 17 km from Shirur Anantpal, the nearest town, 13 km from Kumthakhurd railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416505, served by Ajara post office; the LGD village code is 567903. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Deoni, 10 km away. The village votes in Hatkanangle assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dalitmitra Dr.Ashokrao Mane(Bapu. The population is estimated at 170 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Velavatti →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pethewadi · this village | 144 | 69% | — |
| Kharabwadi · Ahmadpur | 1,468 | 68% | 1.4 km SE |
| Kharabwadi · Khed | — | — | 1.4 km SE |
| Chawanhipparga · Deoni | 2,437 | 63% | 3.7 km SW |
| Mamadapur · Babaleshwar | 4,814 | 53% | 4.4 km W |
| Mamadapur · Morshi | 0 | — | 4.4 km W |
| Mamadapur · Gokak | 8,969 | 58% | 4.4 km W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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