KOLHAPUR POPULATION

The kolhapur city is located in Maharashtra state of India.

This city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Kolhapur
Metropolitan Region.
The geographical area of Kolhapur district is 7685 Sq.Kms.
It is the 16th smallest district by area in the state
 POPULATION DENSITY
As of 2011, the district had population of
3,876,001, of which 33% were urban.
This gives it a ranking of 65th in India
It is the 9th most populous district in
Maharashtra
There are 12 sub districts in the district,
among which Karvir:
most populous 10.4 lakh
& Bavda:
least populous 36 thousand.
29.65 percent population of kolhapur
district lives in urban areas.

Map highlighting 12 sub districts of Kolhapur city.

As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Kolhapur in 2014:

SEX RATIO:
Kolhapur has a sex ratio of 953 females for every 1000 males.
Urban sex ratio is 918 and rural sex ratio is 962.
According to the 2011 census, Kolhapur has 0.045% of total India population.
 KOLHAPUR RELIGION

Hinduism is majority religion in Kolhapur city with 83.89 % followers.

Islam is second most popular religion in city of Kolhapur with approximately 10.88 %
following it.
In Kolhapur city, Christianity is followed by 0.96 %, Jainism by 3.35 %, Sikhism by
0.11 % and Buddhism by 0.11 %.
Around 0.04 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.23 % stated 'No Particular
Religion'.
 ACCORDING TO HOUSING:
68% (about 26.5 lakh) live in Kolhapur District rural part
32% (about 12.3 lakh) population live in the Kolhapur District urban part.
There are about 8.4 lakh households in the district and an average 5
persons live in every family

ACCORDING TO RELIGION
Hindus:87% the largest religious
community in the district
Muslims: 7% of the total population
Jains:4% population
all other religious communities: 2%
Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 956 in Muslims are 977 and
in Jains are 935