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About Beed Village

Beed is a large village in Karvir tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,011, made up of 2,073 males and 1,938 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 529.51 hectares hectares.

Beed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Karvir
Area (hectares) 529.51 hectares
Population 4,011
Male Population 2,073
Female Population 1,938
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Beed compares

By the 2011 count Beed is the 34th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,157 residents. Its 529.51 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Beed

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

Beed lies about 12 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 13 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 Beed
Nearest town Pachgaon 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Karvir 12 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 12 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 13 km

Villages closest to Beed

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

Common questions about Beed

As per the Census of India 2011, Beed village had a population of 4,011. That makes it the 34th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,157 residents.

Beed village has 2,073 males and 1,938 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beed has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Beed covers 529.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Beed falls under Karvir tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Beed is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 13 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 Beed.

Beed is about 12 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beed is in Karvir tehsil of Kolhapur district. Pachgaon is about 10 km away. Karvir is about 12 km away. Kolhapur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahe (under 2 km), Are (under 2 km) and Vakare (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Beed today is likely to be higher.

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