About Shirsangi Village

Shirsangi is a mid sized village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,680, made up of 789 males and 891 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 641 hectares hectares.

Shirsangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirsangi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Ajra
Area (hectares)	641 hectares
Population	1,680
Male Population	789
Female Population	891
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,129
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirsangi compares

By the 2011 count Shirsangi is the 15th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 641 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Shirsangi

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

Shirsangi lies about 68 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 36 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 Shirsangi
Tehsil headquarters	Ajra	7.9 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	17 km
Nearest railway station	Belagavi	36 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	68 km

Villages closest to Shirsangi

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 Shirsangi

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirsangi village had a population of 1,680. That makes it the 15th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Shirsangi village has 789 males and 891 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirsangi has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1117.

Shirsangi covers 641 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shirsangi falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shirsangi is Belagavi, about 36 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 Shirsangi.

Shirsangi is about 68 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirsangi is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 7.9 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 17 km away. Belagavi is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.