About Barve Village

Barve is a mid sized village in Bhudargad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,736, made up of 821 males and 915 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,114 females per 1000 males. The village covers 637 hectares hectares.

Barve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barve village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Bhudargad
Area (hectares)	637 hectares
Population	1,736
Male Population	821
Female Population	915
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,114
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barve compares

By the 2011 count Barve is the 23rd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents. Its 637 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Barve

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

Barve lies about 48 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 49 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 Barve
Tehsil headquarters	Bhudargad	6.1 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	19 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	48 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	49 km

Villages closest to Barve

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barve village had a population of 1,736. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents.

Barve village has 821 males and 915 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barve has about 1114 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Barve covers 637 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barve falls under Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Barve is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 49 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 Barve.

Barve is about 48 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barve is in Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bhudargad is about 6.1 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 19 km away. Kolhapur is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.