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About Padkhambe Village

Padkhambe is a mid sized village in Bhudargad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,125, made up of 588 males and 537 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 880 hectares hectares.

Padkhambe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padkhambe village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Bhudargad
Area (hectares) 880 hectares
Population 1,125
Male Population 588
Female Population 537
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 913
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padkhambe compares

By the 2011 count Padkhambe is the 44th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents. Its 880 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Padkhambe

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

Padkhambe lies about 53 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Kankavali, about 43 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 Padkhambe
Tehsil headquarters Bhudargad 2.1 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 24 km
Nearest railway station Kankavali 43 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 53 km

Villages closest to Padkhambe

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 Padkhambe

As per the Census of India 2011, Padkhambe village had a population of 1,125. That makes it the 44th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents.

Padkhambe village has 588 males and 537 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padkhambe has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Padkhambe covers 880 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padkhambe falls under Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Padkhambe is Kankavali, about 43 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 Padkhambe.

Padkhambe is about 53 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padkhambe is in Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bhudargad is about 2.1 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 24 km away. Kankavali is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Varapewadi (under 2 km), Nhavyachiwadi (under 2 km) and Sheloli (1.7 km).

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

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