Koraj observes Ganeshotsav on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Koraj ranks #64 of 155 villages in Chandgad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Koraj is a village of 1,092 people in 227 households (Census 2011) in Chandgad taluka, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, the 64th-largest of 155 villages in Chandgad taluka. Literacy is 67%, 2 points above the taluka average of 65% and the sex ratio is 982 women per 1,000 men. It lies 130 km from the Kolhapur district centre, 30 km from Naganur, the nearest town, 31 km from Belagavi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416509, served by Chandgad post office; the LGD village code is 568105. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shivkrupa Multispeciality Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Chandgad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shivaji Shattupa Patil. The population is estimated at 1,287 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Koraj →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koraj · this village | 1,092 | 67% | — |
| Kurtanwadi · Chandgad | 558 | 67% | 0.7 km S |
| Konewadi · Belagavi | — | — | 1.8 km S |
| Belebhat · Chandgad | 602 | 64% | 2.3 km SE |
| Date · Chandgad | 1,735 | 67% | 2.7 km E |
| Hallarwadi · Chandgad | 1,196 | 69% | 3.6 km SE |
| Vargaon · Chandgad | 831 | 53% | 4.1 km NE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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