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About Pitthighat Village

Pitthighat is a mid sized village in Kaij tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 671, made up of 357 males and 314 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.12 hectares hectares.

Pitthighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pitthighat village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Kaij
Area (hectares) 254.12 hectares
Population 671
Male Population 357
Female Population 314
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pitthighat compares

By the 2011 count Pitthighat is the 110th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents. Its 254.12 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Pitthighat

Pitthighat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pitthighat as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pitthighat from other places

Pitthighat lies about 39 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Kalamb Road, about 37 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Pitthighat
Nearest town Kallam 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Kaij 22 km
Nearest railway station Kalamb Road 37 km
District headquarters Bid 39 km

Villages closest to Pitthighat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kaij tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Pitthighat

As per the Census of India 2011, Pitthighat village had a population of 671. That makes it the 110th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents.

Pitthighat village has 357 males and 314 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pitthighat has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Pitthighat covers 254.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pitthighat falls under Kaij tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pitthighat is Kalamb Road, about 37 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pitthighat.

Pitthighat is about 39 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pitthighat is in Kaij tehsil of Bid district. Kallam is about 19 km away. Kaij is about 22 km away. Kalamb Road is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shirurghat (2.6 km), Gadalyachi Wadi (3.2 km) and Nandurghat (3.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Pitthighat today is likely to be higher.

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