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About Honyali Village

Honyali is a mid sized village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,655, made up of 726 males and 929 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,280 females per 1000 males. The village covers 571.02 hectares hectares.

Honyali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Honyali village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Ajra
Area (hectares) 571.02 hectares
Population 1,655
Male Population 726
Female Population 929
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,280
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Honyali compares

By the 2011 count Honyali is the 16th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 571.02 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Honyali

Honyali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Honyali 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 Honyali from other places

Honyali lies about 54 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Pachhapur, about 49 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 Honyali
Tehsil headquarters Ajra 11 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 13 km
Nearest railway station Pachhapur 49 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 54 km

Villages closest to Honyali

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 Honyali

As per the Census of India 2011, Honyali village had a population of 1,655. That makes it the 16th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Honyali village has 726 males and 929 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Honyali has about 1280 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

Honyali covers 571.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Honyali falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Honyali is Pachhapur, about 49 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 Honyali.

Honyali is about 54 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Honyali is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 11 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 13 km away. Pachhapur is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karpewadi Dhumala (under 2 km), Bhavewadi (under 2 km) and Halewadi (under 2 km).

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

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