Vijayendra Ghatge was born in 1945 in Kagal, Maharashtra, India. He comes from a royal lineage as a member of the Maratha royal family of Kagal estate, which was historically associated with the Kolhapur State. He is the son of Shrimant Sardar Fatehsinhrao Dattajirao Ghatge and Sita Raje Ghatge. Ghatge is married to Avantika Ghatge, who previously served as the head of the Fine Arts department at Daly College in Indore. They have a daughter named Umikaa Ghatge, who is a freelance content writer. Vijayendra has been mistakenly identified as the father of actress Sagarika Ghatge, who is actually his niece.