About Megholi Village

Megholi is a mid sized village in Bhudargad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,084, made up of 553 males and 531 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1195 hectares hectares.

Megholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megholi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Bhudargad
Area (hectares)	1195 hectares
Population	1,084
Male Population	553
Female Population	531
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Megholi compares

By the 2011 count Megholi is the 48th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents. Its 1195 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Megholi

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

Megholi lies about 57 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Kankavali, 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 Megholi
Tehsil headquarters	Bhudargad	5.9 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kankavali	42 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	57 km

Villages closest to Megholi

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 Megholi

As per the Census of India 2011, Megholi village had a population of 1,084. That makes it the 48th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents.

Megholi village has 553 males and 531 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megholi has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Megholi covers 1195 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Megholi falls under Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Megholi is Kankavali, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Megholi.

Megholi is about 57 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Megholi is in Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bhudargad is about 5.9 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 26 km away. Kankavali is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.