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About Longhe Village

Longhe is a mid sized village in Bavda tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 834, made up of 420 males and 414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179 hectares hectares.

Longhe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longhe village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Bavda
Area (hectares) 179 hectares
Population 834
Male Population 420
Female Population 414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Longhe compares

By the 2011 count Longhe is the 18th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 179 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Longhe

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

Longhe lies about 23 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, 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 Longhe
Nearest town Pachgaon 23 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 23 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Bavda 26 km

Villages closest to Longhe

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 Longhe

As per the Census of India 2011, Longhe village had a population of 834. That makes it the 18th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Longhe village has 420 males and 414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longhe has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Longhe covers 179 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Longhe falls under Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Longhe is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, 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 Longhe.

Longhe is about 23 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Longhe is in Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district. Pachgaon is about 23 km away. Kolhapur is about 23 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mutakeshwar (under 2 km), Khadule (under 2 km) and Kirave (2.3 km).

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

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