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About Khokurle Village

Khokurle is a mid sized village in Bavda tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,172, made up of 601 males and 571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 772.34 hectares hectares.

Khokurle Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokurle village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Bavda
Area (hectares) 772.34 hectares
Population 1,172
Male Population 601
Female Population 571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khokurle compares

By the 2011 count Khokurle is the 10th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 772.34 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Khokurle

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

Khokurle lies about 36 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Vaibhavwadi Road, about 24 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 Khokurle
Tehsil headquarters Bavda 12 km
Nearest railway station Vaibhavwadi Road 24 km
Nearest town Shahuwadi 32 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 36 km

Villages closest to Khokurle

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 Khokurle

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokurle village had a population of 1,172. That makes it the 10th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Khokurle village has 601 males and 571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokurle has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 930.

Khokurle covers 772.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khokurle falls under Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khokurle is Vaibhavwadi Road, about 24 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 Khokurle.

Khokurle is about 36 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokurle is in Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bavda is about 12 km away. Vaibhavwadi Road is about 24 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 Andur (2.9 km), Mandur (2.9 km) and Padawalwadi (4.6 km).

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

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