About Palsambe Village

Palsambe is a small village in Bavda tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 469, made up of 244 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 908 hectares hectares.

Palsambe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palsambe village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Bavda
Area (hectares)	908 hectares
Population	469
Male Population	244
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palsambe compares

By the 2011 count Palsambe is the 32nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 908 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Palsambe

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

Palsambe lies about 37 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Vilavade, about 30 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 Palsambe
Nearest town	Shahuwadi	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bavda	27 km
Nearest railway station	Vilavade	30 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	37 km

Villages closest to Palsambe

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.

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Common questions about Palsambe

As per the Census of India 2011, Palsambe village had a population of 469. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Palsambe village has 244 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palsambe has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

Palsambe covers 908 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palsambe falls under Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Palsambe is Vilavade, about 30 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 Palsambe.

Palsambe is about 37 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palsambe is in Bavda tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 16 km away. Bavda is about 27 km away. Vilavade is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.