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About Masoli Village

Masoli is a mid sized village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 697, made up of 327 males and 370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,131 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465 hectares hectares.

Masoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masoli village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Ajra
Area (hectares) 465 hectares
Population 697
Male Population 327
Female Population 370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,131
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masoli compares

By the 2011 count Masoli is the 62nd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 465 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Masoli

Masoli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masoli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Masoli from other places

Masoli lies about 66 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 46 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 Masoli
Tehsil headquarters Ajra 4.0 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 23 km
Nearest railway station Belagavi 46 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 66 km

Villages closest to Masoli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ajra 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 Masoli

As per the Census of India 2011, Masoli village had a population of 697. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Masoli village has 327 males and 370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masoli has about 1131 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1117.

Masoli covers 465 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masoli falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Masoli is Belagavi, about 46 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 <5 km distance for Masoli.

Masoli is about 66 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masoli is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 4.0 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 23 km away. Belagavi is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Velawatti (1.7 km), Haloli (2.4 km) and Khanapur (2.5 km).

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

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