About Chandankud Village

Chandankud is a mid sized village in Gadhinglaj tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 747, made up of 378 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandankud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandankud village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Gadhinglaj
Pincode	416506
Area (hectares)	299 hectares
Population	747
Male Population	378
Female Population	369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandankud compares

By the 2011 count Chandankud is the 75th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents. Its 299 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 1080.

Getting to Chandankud

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

Chandankud lies about 64 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Pachhapur, about 23 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 Chandankud
Nearest town	Sankeshwar	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gadhinglaj	15 km
Nearest railway station	Pachhapur	23 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	64 km

Villages closest to Chandankud

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 Chandankud

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandankud village had a population of 747. That makes it the 75th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents.

Chandankud village has 378 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandankud has about 976 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 1080.

The pincode recorded for Chandankud is 416506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandankud covers 299 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandankud falls under Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chandankud is Pachhapur, about 23 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 Chandankud.

Chandankud is about 64 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandankud is in Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district. Sankeshwar is about 9.3 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 15 km away. Pachhapur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.