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About Perid Village

Perid is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,734, made up of 854 males and 880 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 595.2 hectares hectares.

Perid Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perid village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Shahuwadi
Area (hectares) 595.2 hectares
Population 1,734
Male Population 854
Female Population 880
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Perid compares

By the 2011 count Perid is the 33rd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 595.2 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 Perid

Perid is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Perid as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Perid from other places

Perid lies about 41 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Veravali, about 36 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 Perid
Tehsil headquarters Shahuwadi 2.4 km
Nearest railway station Veravali 36 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 41 km

Villages closest to Perid

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 Perid

As per the Census of India 2011, Perid village had a population of 1,734. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Perid village has 854 males and 880 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perid has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Perid covers 595.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Perid falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Perid is Veravali, about 36 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 km distance for Perid.

Perid is about 41 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Perid is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 2.4 km away. Veravali is about 36 km away. Kolhapur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalewadi (under 2 km), Karde (under 2 km) and Koparde (under 2 km).

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

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