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About Kajirne Village

Kajirne is a small village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 203 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 451.58 hectares hectares.

Kajirne Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kajirne village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Chandgad
Area (hectares) 451.58 hectares
Population 377
Male Population 203
Female Population 174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kajirne compares

By the 2011 count Kajirne is the 138th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 451.58 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Kajirne

Kajirne is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Kajirne as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Kajirne from other places

Kajirne lies about 81 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 39 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 Kajirne
Tehsil headquarters Chandgad 3.5 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 34 km
Nearest railway station Belagavi 39 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 81 km

Villages closest to Kajirne

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.

Common questions about Kajirne

As per the Census of India 2011, Kajirne village had a population of 377. That makes it the 138th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Kajirne village has 203 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kajirne has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Kajirne covers 451.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kajirne falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kajirne is Belagavi, about 39 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kajirne.

Kajirne is about 81 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kajirne is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 3.5 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 34 km away. Belagavi is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hindagaon (1.8 km), Mahalunge Inam (1.8 km) and Fatakwadi (2.6 km).

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

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