About Chitale Village

Chitale is a small village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 475, made up of 253 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 934 hectares hectares.

Chitale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitale village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Ajra
Area (hectares)	934 hectares
Population	475
Male Population	253
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chitale compares

By the 2011 count Chitale is the 77th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 934 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Chitale

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

Chitale lies about 72 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 38 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 Chitale
Tehsil headquarters	Ajra	7.8 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	25 km
Nearest railway station	Belagavi	38 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	72 km

Villages closest to Chitale

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.

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Common questions about Chitale

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitale village had a population of 475. That makes it the 77th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Chitale village has 253 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitale has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1117.

Chitale covers 934 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chitale falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chitale is Belagavi, about 38 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 - 10 km distance for Chitale.

Chitale is about 72 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitale is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 7.8 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 25 km away. Belagavi is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.