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About Alave Village

Alave is a mid sized village in Panhala tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,594, made up of 807 males and 787 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alave Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alave village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Panhala
Pincode 416230
Area (hectares) 314.53 hectares
Population 1,594
Male Population 807
Female Population 787
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 975
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alave compares

By the 2011 count Alave is the 49th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 314.53 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Alave

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

Alave lies about 19 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 19 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 Alave
Tehsil headquarters Panhala 6.2 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 19 km
Nearest town Kolhāpur 19 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 19 km

Villages closest to Alave

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alave village had a population of 1,594. That makes it the 49th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Alave village has 807 males and 787 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alave has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Alave is 416230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alave covers 314.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alave falls under Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Alave is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 19 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 km distance for Alave.

Alave is about 19 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alave is in Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district. Panhala is about 6.2 km away. Kolhapur is about 19 km away. Kolhāpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are K Thane (1.8 km), Pimple T Thane (1.8 km) and Malwadi (1.8 km).

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

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