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About Phaye Village

Phaye is a mid sized village in Bhudargad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,157, made up of 585 males and 572 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1274.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phaye Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phaye village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Bhudargad
Pincode 416209
Area (hectares) 1274.1 hectares
Population 1,157
Male Population 585
Female Population 572
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Phaye compares

By the 2011 count Phaye is the 42nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents. Its 1274.1 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Phaye

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

Phaye lies about 49 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Kankavali, about 37 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 Phaye
Tehsil headquarters Bhudargad 8.2 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 31 km
Nearest railway station Kankavali 37 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 49 km

Villages closest to Phaye

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 Phaye

As per the Census of India 2011, Phaye village had a population of 1,157. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents.

Phaye village has 585 males and 572 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phaye has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

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

Phaye covers 1274.1 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.

Phaye falls under Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Phaye is Kankavali, about 37 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 Phaye.

Phaye is about 49 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phaye is in Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bhudargad is about 8.2 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 31 km away. Kankavali is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Girgaon (2.8 km), Devakewadi (3.2 km) and Nishnap (3.7 km).

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

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