Kurduvadi Gosavyachi wadi | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Kurduvadi Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates:18°05′N75°26′E / 18.08°N 75.43°E /18.08; 75.43 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra state |
| District | Solapur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation Category C |
| • Body | Kurduwadi Municipal Corporation (Category C) |
| Area | |
• Total | 12 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 502 m (1,647 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 50,000+ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Kurduvadi is a town inSolapur district inMaharashtrastate ofIndia. Kurduwadi junction is situated on Barshi Light Railway It is known mainly for therailway junction connecting two different rail tracks. Prior to gauge conversion it used to be a junction with different size gauge tracks.
Kurduvadi is located at18°05′N75°26′E / 18.08°N 75.43°E /18.08; 75.43.[1] It has an average elevation of 502 metres (1646 feet).
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[2] Kurduvadi had a population of 22,773. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kurduvadi has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 67%. In Kurduvadi, 13% of the population was under 6 years of age.
25 km off Mumbai Solapur Highway, Kurduwadi is accessible from Tembhurni on Mumbai Solapur Highway.Kurduwadi is known mainly for thenarrow gauge railway workshop and railway junction,Kurduvadi railway station, onCentral Railway ofIndian Railways. A branch railway line takes off from Kuruvadi connectingOsmanabad andLatur towards East andPandharpur andMiraj towards South-West. The branch line called Barshi Light Railway was narrow gauge until 2008. Now it has been converted tobroad gauge. The new broad gauge track made a detour to connect Osmanabad which was not connected by railway line. The converted broad gauge track from Latur to Osmanabad was commissioned in September 2007 and the converted broad gauge track from Osmanabad-Barshi to Kurduvadi was commissioned in October 2008.
Kurduvadi is a railway junction where one major railway track betweenWadi andDaund and a branch line track betweenLatur Road andMiraj intersect. The track from Daund continues toPune andMumbai towards west and toManmad towards north-northwest. The branch line fromLatur towards east of Kurduvadi connectsMiraj in south-southwest and was called Barshi Light Railway as it was a narrow gauge track.Solapur lies southeast of Kurduvadi and connects toBijapur. A part of the narrow gauge Barshi Light Railway track from Kurduvadi to Pandharpur (52 km) was converted to broad gauge in 2001. The narrow-gauge track from Pandharpur to Miraj was converted to broad gauge in 2010. The converted broad gauge track was commissioned in the last quarter of 2010 for freight trains and February 2011 for passenger trains. Now trains run on the broad gauge track from Miraj to Kurduvadi. These include trains from Miraj to Parbhani and from Kolhapur to Solapur via Miraj. The converted Miraj-Kurduvadi railway line has shortened the railway distance betweenKolhapur, Solapur andParbhani.