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About Andur Village

Andur is a mid sized village in Bavda tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,119, made up of 601 males and 518 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1272.75 hectares hectares.

Andur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Andur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Bavda
Area (hectares) 1272.75 hectares
Population 1,119
Male Population 601
Female Population 518
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Andur compares

By the 2011 count Andur is the 13th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 1272.75 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 930.

Getting to Andur

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

Andur lies about 33 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Vaibhavwadi Road, about 27 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 Andur
Tehsil headquarters Bavda 14 km
Nearest railway station Vaibhavwadi Road 27 km
Nearest town Shahuwadi 32 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 33 km

Villages closest to Andur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bavda 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 Andur

As per the Census of India 2011, Andur village had a population of 1,119. That makes it the 13th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Andur village has 601 males and 518 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Andur has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Andur covers 1272.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Andur falls under Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Andur is Vaibhavwadi Road, about 27 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 Andur.

Andur is about 33 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Andur is in Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bavda is about 14 km away. Vaibhavwadi Road is about 27 km away. Shahuwadi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mandur (under 2 km), Mandukali (2.1 km) and Padawalwadi (2.2 km).

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

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