About Valur Village

Valur is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,559, made up of 721 males and 838 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,162 females per 1000 males. The village covers 575.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Valur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Valur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Pincode	415101
Area (hectares)	575.08 hectares
Population	1,559
Male Population	721
Female Population	838
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,162
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Valur compares

By the 2011 count Valur is the 47th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 575.08 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Valur

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

Valur lies about 47 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Adavali, about 30 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 Valur
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Adavali	30 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	47 km

Villages closest to Valur

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 Valur

As per the Census of India 2011, Valur village had a population of 1,559. That makes it the 47th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Valur village has 721 males and 838 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Valur has about 1162 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

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

Valur covers 575.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Valur falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Valur is Adavali, about 30 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 Valur.

Valur is about 47 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Valur is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 8.2 km away. Adavali is about 30 km away. Kolhapur is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.