About Karanjphen Village

Karanjphen is a mid sized village in Panhala tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,354, made up of 712 males and 642 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karanjphen Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanjphen village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Panhala
Pincode	416234
Area (hectares)	268.23 hectares
Population	1,354
Male Population	712
Female Population	642
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanjphen compares

By the 2011 count Karanjphen is the 60th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 268.23 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Karanjphen

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

Karanjphen lies about 36 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Vilavade, about 30 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 Karanjphen
Nearest town	Shahuwadi	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Panhala	23 km
Nearest railway station	Vilavade	30 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	36 km

Villages closest to Karanjphen

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.

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Common questions about Karanjphen

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanjphen village had a population of 1,354. That makes it the 60th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Karanjphen village has 712 males and 642 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanjphen has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Karanjphen is 416234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karanjphen covers 268.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanjphen falls under Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanjphen is Vilavade, about 30 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 Karanjphen.

Karanjphen is about 36 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanjphen is in Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 15 km away. Panhala is about 23 km away. Vilavade is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.