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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 568126
- Pincode
- 416509
- Post office
- Chandgad
- Population
- 519
- Households
- 99
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1019 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 310
- Distance to district centre
- 193 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 244 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 118 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 577 km
- Nearest railway station
- Goregaon Road · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr.K.Y Rawoot Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gaulwadi compares
By population, Gaulwadi ranks #124 of 155 villages in Chandgad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.1%
+4.7% vs mandal average
- Gaulwadi
- 70.1%
- Chandgad mandal
- 65.4%
- Kolhapur district
- 72.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,019
Same as the mandal average
- Gaulwadi
- 1,019
- Chandgad mandal
- 1,019
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Gaulwadi
- 5.2
- Chandgad mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gaulwadi at a glance
Gaulwadi is a village of 519 people in 99 households (Census 2011) in Chandgad taluka, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, the 124th-largest of 155 villages in Chandgad taluka. Literacy is 70%, 5 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. It lies 193 km from the Kolhapur district centre, 28 km from Goregaon Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416509, served by Chandgad post office; the LGD village code is 568126. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr.K.Y Rawoot Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Chandgad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shivaji Shattupa Patil. The population is estimated at 612 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gaulwadi
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Belgaum(Karnataka)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 21
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 154.18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gaulwadi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gaulwadi
- LGD code
- 568126
- Pincode
- 416509
- Post office
- Chandgad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 519
- Population (projected 2026)
- 612
- Households
- 99
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1019
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Coordinates
- 18.03463°N, 73.07777°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kolhapur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chandgad
- Member of Parliament
- Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shivaji Shattupa Patil
- Block / Mandal
- Chandgad
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (257.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Gaulwadi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai118 kmcapital
- Hyderabad577 km
- Bengaluru742 km
- Chennai947 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGoregaon Road28 km
- Bus stopShipole7 km
- Hospital / PHCDr.K.Y Rawoot Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank25 km
- Petrol pumpHP Gas Station12 km
- Police stationMangaon police station32 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Gaulwadi
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Beleshwar MandirTemple2.0 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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