About Khandal Village

Khandal is a large village in Gadhinglaj tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,302, made up of 1,637 males and 1,665 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 910 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Gadhinglaj
Pincode	416551
Area (hectares)	910 hectares
Population	3,302
Male Population	1,637
Female Population	1,665
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandal compares

By the 2011 count Khandal is the 17th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents. Its 910 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Khandal

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

Khandal lies about 59 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Parakanahatti, about 25 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 Khandal
Nearest town	Sankeshwar	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gadhinglaj	13 km
Nearest railway station	Parakanahatti	25 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	59 km

Villages closest to Khandal

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 Khandal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandal village had a population of 3,302. That makes it the 17th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents.

Khandal village has 1,637 males and 1,665 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandal has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Khandal is 416551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandal covers 910 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khandal falls under Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khandal is Parakanahatti, about 25 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 Khandal.

Khandal is about 59 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandal is in Gadhinglaj tehsil of Kolhapur district. Sankeshwar is about 4.2 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 13 km away. Parakanahatti is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.