About Kerle Village

Kerle is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,031, made up of 537 males and 494 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 735 hectares hectares.

Kerle Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerle village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Area (hectares)	735 hectares
Population	1,031
Male Population	537
Female Population	494
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kerle compares

By the 2011 count Kerle is the 76th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 735 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Kerle

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

Kerle lies about 53 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Adavali, about 26 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 Kerle
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	14 km
Nearest railway station	Adavali	26 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	53 km

Villages closest to Kerle

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 Kerle

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerle village had a population of 1,031. That makes it the 76th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Kerle village has 537 males and 494 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerle has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Kerle covers 735 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kerle falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kerle is Adavali, about 26 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 Kerle.

Kerle is about 53 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kerle is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 14 km away. Adavali is about 26 km away. Kolhapur is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.