About Banage Village

Banage is a large village in Kagal tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,417, made up of 2,270 males and 2,147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 969.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416235, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banage Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banage village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Kagal
Pincode	416235
Area (hectares)	969.26 hectares
Population	4,417
Male Population	2,270
Female Population	2,147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banage compares

By the 2011 count Banage is the 10th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,739 residents. Its 969.26 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Banage

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

Banage lies about 29 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Gur Market, about 29 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 Banage
Nearest town	Nipāni	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kagal	17 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	29 km
Nearest railway station	Gur Market	29 km

Villages closest to Banage

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banage village had a population of 4,417. That makes it the 10th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,739 residents.

Banage village has 2,270 males and 2,147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banage has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Banage is 416235. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banage covers 969.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banage falls under Kagal tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Banage is Gur Market, about 29 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 Banage.

Banage is about 29 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banage is in Kagal tehsil of Kolhapur district. Nipāni is about 14 km away. Kagal is about 17 km away. Kolhapur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.