About Mosum Village

Mosum is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 762, made up of 394 males and 368 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 963 hectares hectares.

Mosum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mosum village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Area (hectares)	963 hectares
Population	762
Male Population	394
Female Population	368
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mosum compares

By the 2011 count Mosum is the 92nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 963 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Mosum

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

Mosum lies about 43 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Vilavade, about 24 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 Mosum
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	17 km
Nearest railway station	Vilavade	24 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	43 km

Villages closest to Mosum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mosum village had a population of 762. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Mosum village has 394 males and 368 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mosum has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Mosum covers 963 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mosum falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Mosum is Vilavade, about 24 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 Mosum.

Mosum is about 43 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mosum is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 17 km away. Vilavade is about 24 km away. Kolhapur is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.