About Kolavan Village

Kolavan is a mid sized village in Bhudargad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 976, made up of 502 males and 474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 402.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolavan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolavan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Bhudargad
Pincode	416209
Area (hectares)	402.09 hectares
Population	976
Male Population	502
Female Population	474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolavan compares

By the 2011 count Kolavan is the 55th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents. Its 402.09 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Kolavan

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

Kolavan lies about 52 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Achirne, about 14 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 Kolavan
Nearest railway station	Achirne	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhudargad	33 km
Nearest town	Pachgaon	49 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	52 km

Villages closest to Kolavan

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 Kolavan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolavan village had a population of 976. That makes it the 55th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents.

Kolavan village has 502 males and 474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolavan has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Kolavan is 416209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolavan covers 402.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kolavan falls under Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kolavan is Achirne, about 14 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 Kolavan.

Kolavan is about 52 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolavan is in Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Achirne is about 14 km away. Bhudargad is about 33 km away. Pachgaon is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.