About Nile Village

Nile is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,438, made up of 708 males and 730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nile Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nile village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Pincode	415101
Area (hectares)	479.24 hectares
Population	1,438
Male Population	708
Female Population	730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nile compares

By the 2011 count Nile is the 54th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 479.24 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Nile

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

Nile lies about 45 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Adavali, about 32 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 Nile
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Adavali	32 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	45 km

Villages closest to Nile

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 Nile

As per the Census of India 2011, Nile village had a population of 1,438. That makes it the 54th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Nile village has 708 males and 730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nile has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Nile is 415101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nile covers 479.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nile falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Nile is Adavali, about 32 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 Nile.

Nile is about 45 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nile is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 6.7 km away. Adavali is about 32 km away. Kolhapur is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.