About Bidri Village

Bidri is a mid sized village in Bhudargad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 585, made up of 303 males and 282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274 hectares hectares.

Bidri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bidri village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Bhudargad
Area (hectares)	274 hectares
Population	585
Male Population	303
Female Population	282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bidri compares

By the 2011 count Bidri is the 91st largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents. Its 274 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Bidri

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

Bidri lies about 51 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Kankavali, about 44 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 Bidri
Tehsil headquarters	Bhudargad	under 2 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kankavali	44 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	51 km

Villages closest to Bidri

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 Bidri

As per the Census of India 2011, Bidri village had a population of 585. That makes it the 91st largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents.

Bidri village has 303 males and 282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bidri has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Bidri covers 274 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bidri falls under Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Bidri is Kankavali, about 44 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 Bidri.

Bidri is about 51 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bidri is in Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bhudargad is about under 2 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 24 km away. Kankavali is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.