Kurduvadi

KURDUWADI Kurduwadi is a small town in Solapur district in Maharashtra state of India.Its situated on Barsi Light Railway It is known mainly for the railway junction connecting two different rail tracks. Prior to gauge conversion it used to be a junction with different size gauge tracks.GeographyKurduwadi is located at. It has an average elevation of 502 metres (1646 feet).DemographicsIndia census, Kurduwadi had a population of 22,773. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kurduwadi 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 Kurduwadi, 13% of the population was under 6 years of age.TransportKurduwadi is known mainly for the narrow gauge railway workshop and railway junction, Kurduvadi railway station, on Central Railway of Indian Railways. A branch railway line takes off from Kuruwadi connecting Osmanabad and Latur towards East and Pandharpur and Miraj towards South-West. The branch line called Barshi Light Railway was narrow gauge until 2008. Now it has been converted to broad 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.