About Kushire Village

Kushire is a large village in Panhala tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,823, made up of 1,490 males and 1,333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kushire Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kushire village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Panhala
Pincode	416229
Area (hectares)	479.35 hectares
Population	2,823
Male Population	1,490
Female Population	1,333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kushire compares

By the 2011 count Kushire is the 23rd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 479.35 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Kushire

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

Kushire lies about 8.9 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 8.5 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 Kushire
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	8.5 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	8.9 km
Nearest town	Kolhāpur	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Panhala	10 km

Villages closest to Kushire

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 Kushire

As per the Census of India 2011, Kushire village had a population of 2,823. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Kushire village has 1,490 males and 1,333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kushire has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Kushire is 416229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kushire covers 479.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kushire falls under Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kushire is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 8.5 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 Kushire.

Kushire is about 8.9 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kushire is in Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is about 8.5 km away. Kolhapur is about 8.9 km away. Kolhāpur is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.