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About Khedge Village

Khedge is a small village in Bhudargad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 367, made up of 200 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 375 hectares hectares.

Khedge Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khedge village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Bhudargad
Area (hectares) 375 hectares
Population 367
Male Population 200
Female Population 167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 835
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khedge compares

By the 2011 count Khedge is the 105th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents. Its 375 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Khedge

Khedge is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khedge as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khedge from other places

Khedge lies about 68 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Sawantwadi Road, about 42 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 Khedge
Tehsil headquarters Bhudargad 17 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 30 km
Nearest railway station Sawantwadi Road 42 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 68 km

Villages closest to Khedge

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.

Common questions about Khedge

As per the Census of India 2011, Khedge village had a population of 367. That makes it the 105th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents.

Khedge village has 200 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khedge has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Khedge covers 375 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khedge falls under Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khedge is Sawantwadi Road, about 42 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khedge.

Khedge is about 68 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khedge is in Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bhudargad is about 17 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 30 km away. Sawantwadi Road is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karivade (6.3 km), Antivade (7.1 km) and Devarde (7.9 km).

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

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