About Pilani Village

Pilani is a mid sized village in Chandgad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 688, made up of 350 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1914.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pilani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pilani village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Chandgad
Pincode	416507
Area (hectares)	1914.79 hectares
Population	688
Male Population	350
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pilani compares

By the 2011 count Pilani is the 107th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents. Its 1914.79 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1037.

Getting to Pilani

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

Pilani lies about 85 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Madure, about 34 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 Pilani
Tehsil headquarters	Chandgad	8.8 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	30 km
Nearest railway station	Madure	34 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	85 km

Villages closest to Pilani

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 Pilani

As per the Census of India 2011, Pilani village had a population of 688. That makes it the 107th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,200 residents.

Pilani village has 350 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pilani has about 966 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.

The pincode recorded for Pilani is 416507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pilani covers 1914.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pilani falls under Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pilani is Madure, about 34 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 Pilani.

Pilani is about 85 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pilani is in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Chandgad is about 8.8 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 30 km away. Madure is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.