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About Chande Village

Chande is a mid sized village in Radhanagari tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,429, made up of 757 males and 672 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 774.04 hectares hectares.

Chande Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chande village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Radhanagari
Area (hectares) 774.04 hectares
Population 1,429
Male Population 757
Female Population 672
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chande compares

By the 2011 count Chande is the 51st largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents. Its 774.04 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Chande

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

Chande lies about 25 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 26 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 Chande
Tehsil headquarters Radhanagari 19 km
Nearest town Pachgaon 22 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 25 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 26 km

Villages closest to Chande

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chande village had a population of 1,429. That makes it the 51st largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents.

Chande village has 757 males and 672 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chande has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Chande covers 774.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chande falls under Radhanagari tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chande is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 26 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 Chande.

Chande is about 25 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chande is in Radhanagari tehsil of Kolhapur district. Radhanagari is about 19 km away. Pachgaon is about 22 km away. Kolhapur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kote (under 2 km), Gotewadi (3.0 km) and Dhamod (3.9 km).

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

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