About Polgaon Village

Polgaon is a mid sized village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,281, made up of 626 males and 655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Polgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Polgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Ajra
Pincode	416505
Area (hectares)	500 hectares
Population	1,281
Male Population	626
Female Population	655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Polgaon compares

By the 2011 count Polgaon is the 29th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 500 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Polgaon

Polgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Polgaon 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Polgaon from other places

Polgaon lies about 70 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 42 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 Polgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Ajra	5.4 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	24 km
Nearest railway station	Belagavi	42 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	70 km

Villages closest to Polgaon

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 Polgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Polgaon village had a population of 1,281. That makes it the 29th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Polgaon village has 626 males and 655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Polgaon has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1117.

The pincode recorded for Polgaon is 416505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Polgaon covers 500 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Polgaon falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Polgaon is Belagavi, about 42 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Polgaon.

Polgaon is about 70 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Polgaon is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 5.4 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 24 km away. Belagavi is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.