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About Giroli Village

Giroli is a mid sized village in Panhala tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 566, made up of 284 males and 282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.67 hectares hectares.

Giroli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giroli village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Panhala
Area (hectares) 351.67 hectares
Population 566
Male Population 284
Female Population 282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Giroli compares

By the 2011 count Giroli is the 111th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 351.67 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Giroli

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

Giroli lies about 12 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 12 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 Giroli
Tehsil headquarters Panhala 8.3 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 12 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 12 km
Nearest town Kolhāpur 12 km

Villages closest to Giroli

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 Giroli

As per the Census of India 2011, Giroli village had a population of 566. That makes it the 111th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Giroli village has 284 males and 282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giroli has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Giroli covers 351.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Giroli falls under Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Giroli is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 12 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 Giroli.

Giroli 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.

Giroli is in Panhala tehsil of Kolhapur district. Panhala is about 8.3 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 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 Wadi Ratnagiri (under 2 km), Japhale (2.5 km) and Pohale T Alate (2.8 km).

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

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