About Petale Village

Petale is a mid sized village in Sakri tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 771, made up of 401 males and 370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 665.71 hectares hectares.

Petale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petale village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Dhule
Tehsil	Sakri
Area (hectares)	665.71 hectares
Population	771
Male Population	401
Female Population	370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Petale compares

By the 2011 count Petale is the 180th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents. Its 665.71 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, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Petale

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

Petale lies about 60 km from Dhule, and the nearest railway station is Chaupale, about 18 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 Petale
Nearest railway station	Chaupale	18 km
Nearest town	Nandurbar	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakri	25 km
District headquarters	Dhule	60 km

Villages closest to Petale

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Petale village had a population of 771. That makes it the 180th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents.

Petale village has 401 males and 370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petale has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Petale covers 665.71 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.

Petale falls under Sakri tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Petale is Chaupale, about 18 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 Petale.

Petale is about 60 km from Dhule in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Petale is in Sakri tehsil of Dhule district. Chaupale is about 18 km away. Nandurbar is about 18 km away. Sakri is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.