About Shirgaon Village

Shirgaon is a mid sized village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 621 males and 605 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 486.42 hectares hectares.

Shirgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Chandgad
Area (hectares)	486.42 hectares
Population	1,226
Male Population	621
Female Population	605
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirgaon compares

By the 2011 count Shirgaon is the 52nd largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 486.42 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Shirgaon

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

Shirgaon lies about 83 km from Kolhapur. 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 Shirgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Chandgad	3.1 km
Nearest town	Belagavi	34 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	83 km

Villages closest to Shirgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chandgad 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 Shirgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirgaon village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Shirgaon village has 621 males and 605 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirgaon has about 974 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 1037.

Shirgaon covers 486.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shirgaon falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Shirgaon notes the nearest railway station 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 Shirgaon.

Shirgaon is about 83 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirgaon is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 3.1 km away. Belagavi is about 34 km away. Kolhapur is about 83 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.