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About Maligre Village

Maligre is a mid sized village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,688, made up of 768 males and 920 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,198 females per 1000 males. The village covers 899 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maligre Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maligre village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Ajra
Pincode 416503
Area (hectares) 899 hectares
Population 1,688
Male Population 768
Female Population 920
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,198
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maligre compares

By the 2011 count Maligre is the 14th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 899 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Maligre

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

Maligre lies about 64 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 39 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 Maligre
Tehsil headquarters Ajra 8.1 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 13 km
Nearest railway station Belagavi 39 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 64 km

Villages closest to Maligre

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 Maligre

As per the Census of India 2011, Maligre village had a population of 1,688. That makes it the 14th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Maligre village has 768 males and 920 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maligre has about 1198 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

The pincode recorded for Maligre is 416503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maligre covers 899 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maligre falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Maligre is Belagavi, about 39 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 Maligre.

Maligre is about 64 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maligre is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 8.1 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 13 km away. Belagavi is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaginwadi (1.9 km), Kanoli (2.2 km) and Sarambalwadi (2.4 km).

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

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