About Beknal Village

Beknal is a mid sized village in Gadhinglaj tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,709, made up of 886 males and 823 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Beknal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beknal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Gadhinglaj
Pincode	416502
Area (hectares)	342 hectares
Population	1,709
Male Population	886
Female Population	823
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Beknal compares

By the 2011 count Beknal is the 41st largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents. Its 342 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Beknal

Beknal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Beknal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Beknal from other places

Beknal lies about 51 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Pachhapur, about 42 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 Beknal
Tehsil headquarters	Gadhinglaj	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Pachhapur	42 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	51 km

Villages closest to Beknal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Beknal village had a population of 1,709. That makes it the 41st largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents.

Beknal village has 886 males and 823 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beknal has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Beknal is 416502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Beknal covers 342 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Beknal falls under Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Beknal is Pachhapur, about 42 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 5 - 10 km distance for Beknal.

Beknal is about 51 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beknal is in Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district. Gadhinglaj is about 4.0 km away. Pachhapur is about 42 km away. Kolhapur is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.