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About Pendakhale Village

Pendakhale is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,680, made up of 895 males and 785 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1050 hectares hectares.

Pendakhale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pendakhale village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Shahuwadi
Area (hectares) 1050 hectares
Population 1,680
Male Population 895
Female Population 785
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pendakhale compares

By the 2011 count Pendakhale is the 38th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 1050 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1039.

Getting to Pendakhale

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

Pendakhale lies about 33 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Vilavade, about 33 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 Pendakhale
Tehsil headquarters Shahuwadi 16 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 33 km
Nearest railway station Vilavade 33 km

Villages closest to Pendakhale

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.

Common questions about Pendakhale

As per the Census of India 2011, Pendakhale village had a population of 1,680. That makes it the 38th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Pendakhale village has 895 males and 785 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pendakhale has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Pendakhale covers 1050 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.

Pendakhale falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pendakhale is Vilavade, about 33 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 Pendakhale.

Pendakhale is about 33 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pendakhale is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 16 km away. Kolhapur is about 33 km away. Vilavade is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malapude (2.6 km), Pal (3.7 km) and Palasavade (3.7 km).

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

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