About Charan Village

Charan is a large village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,930, made up of 1,548 males and 1,382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 765.37 hectares hectares.

Charan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Area (hectares)	765.37 hectares
Population	2,930
Male Population	1,548
Female Population	1,382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Charan compares

By the 2011 count Charan is the 7th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 765.37 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Charan

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

Charan lies about 28 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 27 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 Charan
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	13 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	27 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	28 km

Villages closest to Charan

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 Charan

As per the Census of India 2011, Charan village had a population of 2,930. That makes it the 7th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Charan village has 1,548 males and 1,382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charan has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Charan covers 765.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Charan falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Charan is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 27 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 Charan.

Charan is about 28 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charan is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 13 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is about 27 km away. Kolhapur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.