# Kerewadi Village, Kavathemahankal, Sangli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Kavathemahankal, Sangli 

# Kerewadi

Kerewadi is a village in Kavathemahankal sub-district of Sangli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,034 people in 218 households**, the 44th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.6%.

- 1,034people (2011)
- 218households
- 69.5%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Kerewadi PIN code and other codes

Kerewadi falls in Kavathemahankal sub-district, Sangli district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockKavathemahankal
- Census village code568775

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kerewadi from nearby towns?

- Kavathemahankal (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Sangli (district HQ)42 km by road
- Sangli Miraj Kupwad (nearest town)42 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kerewadi?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kerewadi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nagaj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kavathemahankal
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kavathe Mahankal
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 15 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kerewadi known for?

About 56% of the 619 hectares of village land is sown, and 308 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kerewadi

Of every 100 households in Kerewadi in 2011, 61 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kerewadi · ■ Kavathemahankal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**39%

Tap water ****39%**

**48%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**72%

Use banking services ****91%**

**82%

Television ****33%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****16%**

**16%

Own their home ****93%**

**91%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kerewadi?

■ Kerewadi · ■ Kavathemahankal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**78.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**848

Working population ****34.6%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 59.2% for women. 54% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 188 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 136 (38%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 28 (8%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kavathemahankal

- Jaygavhan1,335 people
- Alkud1,309 people
- Mhaisal1,266 people
- Nimaj1,118 people
- Shelkewadi1,001 people
- Shindewadi948 people
- Zurewadi936 people
- Karalhetti922 people

[All 60 villages in Kavathemahankal](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/sangli/kavathemahankal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kerewadi from Sangli?42 km by road
- What is the population of Kerewadi?1,034 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kerewadi in?Sangli district (Kavathemahankal sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Kerewadi?69.5% (Census 2011)