About Kekhale Village

Kekhale is a large village in Panhala tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,451, made up of 1,815 males and 1,636 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 723.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kekhale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kekhale village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Panhala
Pincode	416113
Area (hectares)	723.94 hectares
Population	3,451
Male Population	1,815
Female Population	1,636
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kekhale compares

By the 2011 count Kekhale is the 15th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 723.94 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 Kekhale

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

Kekhale lies about 16 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 15 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 Kekhale
Tehsil headquarters	Panhala	8.2 km
Nearest town	Wadgaon	14 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	15 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	16 km

Villages closest to Kekhale

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 Kekhale

As per the Census of India 2011, Kekhale village had a population of 3,451. That makes it the 15th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Kekhale village has 1,815 males and 1,636 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kekhale has about 901 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 Kekhale is 416113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kekhale covers 723.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kekhale falls under Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kekhale is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 15 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 - 10 km distance for Kekhale.

Kekhale is about 16 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kekhale is in Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district. Panhala is about 8.2 km away. Wadgaon is about 14 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.