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- LGD code
- 567735
- Pincode
- 416218
- Post office
- Kapshi
- Population
- 5,896
- Households
- 1,292
- Literacy rate
- 72.4%
- Sex ratio
- 959 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,126
- Distance to district centre
- 530 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 555 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 502 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 445 km
- Nearest railway station
- Akot · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Popatkhed · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kapashi compares
By population, Kapashi ranks #5 of 83 villages in Kagal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.4%
+3.0% vs mandal average
- Kapashi
- 72.4%
- Kagal mandal
- 69.4%
- Kolhapur district
- 72.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
959
+9 vs mandal average
- Kapashi
- 959
- Kagal mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Kapashi
- 4.6
- Kagal mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kapashi at a glance
Kapashi is a village of 5,896 people in 1,292 households (Census 2011) in Kagal taluka, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, the 5th-largest of 83 villages in Kagal taluka. Literacy is 72%, 3 points above the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. It lies 530 km from the Kolhapur district centre, 30 km from Ghodegaon, the nearest town, 12 km from Akot railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416218, served by Kapshi post office; the LGD village code is 567735. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Popatkhed, 6 km away. The village votes in Shirol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Rajendra Patil Yadravkar. The population is estimated at 6,951 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kapashi
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 5
- Middle school
- 3
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Nipani(Karnataka)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 39
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 965.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 636.45
- Forest area (ha)
- 53.22
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kapashi
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Key facts — Kapashi
- LGD code
- 567735
- Pincode
- 416218
- Post office
- Kapshi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,896
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,951
- Households
- 1,292
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 72.4%
- Coordinates
- 21.17778°N, 77.12844°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hatkanangle
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shirol
- Member of Parliament
- Dhairyasheel Mane
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Rajendra Patil Yadravkar
- Block / Mandal
- Kagal
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Chougule ENT Clinic (548.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kapashi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai502 kmcapital
- Hyderabad445 km
- Delhi827 km
- Bengaluru914 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAkot12 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Popatkhed6 km
- Petrol pumpZawar Petrol Pump20 km
- Police stationCity Kotwali54 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)