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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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- LGD code
- 568204
- Pincode
- 416509
- Post office
- Chandgad
- Population
- 898
- Households
- 207
- Literacy rate
- 47.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1185 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 536
Census 2011 · in context
How Gudavale Khalsa compares
By population, Gudavale Khalsa ranks #83 of 155 villages in Chandgad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.8%
−17.6% vs mandal average
- Gudavale Khalsa
- 47.8%
- Chandgad mandal
- 65.4%
- Kolhapur district
- 72.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,185
+166 vs mandal average
- Gudavale Khalsa
- 1,185
- Chandgad mandal
- 1,019
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Gudavale Khalsa
- 4.3
- Chandgad mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gudavale Khalsa at a glance
Gudavale Khalsa is a village of 898 people in 207 households (Census 2011) in Chandgad taluka, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, the 83rd-largest of 155 villages in Chandgad taluka. Literacy is 48%, 18 points below the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,185 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 416509, served by Chandgad post office; the LGD village code is 568204. The village votes in Chandgad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shivaji Shattupa Patil. The population is estimated at 1,059 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gudavale Khalsa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- 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)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 1,978.98
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 628.22
- Forest area (ha)
- 1,290.12
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gudavale Khalsa
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Key facts — Gudavale Khalsa
- LGD code
- 568204
- Pincode
- 416509
- Post office
- Chandgad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 898
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,059
- Households
- 207
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1185
- Literacy rate
- 47.8%
- 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 (14.3 km)
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)