About Girgaon Village

Girgaon is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 603, made up of 299 males and 304 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1443.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Pincode	415101
Area (hectares)	1443.6 hectares
Population	603
Male Population	299
Female Population	304
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Girgaon compares

By the 2011 count Girgaon is the 112th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 1443.6 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Girgaon

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

Girgaon lies about 32 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 31 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 Girgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	17 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	31 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	32 km

Villages closest to Girgaon

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 Girgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Girgaon village had a population of 603. That makes it the 112th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Girgaon village has 299 males and 304 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girgaon has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

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

Girgaon covers 1443.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Girgaon falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Girgaon is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 31 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 Girgaon.

Girgaon is about 32 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girgaon is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 17 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is about 31 km away. Kolhapur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.