About Vihal Village

Vihal is a mid sized village in Karmala tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,590, made up of 833 males and 757 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1330.61 hectares hectares.

Vihal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vihal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Karmala
Area (hectares)	1330.61 hectares
Population	1,590
Male Population	833
Female Population	757
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vihal compares

By the 2011 count Vihal is the 58th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 1330.61 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Vihal

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

Vihal lies about 118 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Pophlaj, about 9.6 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 Vihal
Nearest railway station	Pophlaj	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karmala	14 km
Nearest town	Karmāla	14 km
District headquarters	Solapur	118 km

Villages closest to Vihal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karmala 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 Vihal

As per the Census of India 2011, Vihal village had a population of 1,590. That makes it the 58th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Vihal village has 833 males and 757 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vihal has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Vihal covers 1330.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Vihal falls under Karmala tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Vihal is Pophlaj, about 9.6 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 Vihal.

Vihal is about 118 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vihal is in Karmala tehsil of Solapur district. Pophlaj is about 9.6 km away. Karmala is about 14 km away. Karmāla is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.