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About Movan Village

Movan is a mid sized village in Akkalkuwa tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 792, made up of 404 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.8 hectares hectares.

Movan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Movan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nandurbar
Tehsil Akkalkuwa
Area (hectares) 272.8 hectares
Population 792
Male Population 404
Female Population 388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Movan compares

By the 2011 count Movan is the 111th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents. Its 272.8 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Movan

Movan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Movan 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. The nearest villages by name are Mokas, Molgi, Moramba and Morhi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Movan

As per the Census of India 2011, Movan village had a population of 792. That makes it the 111th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents.

Movan village has 404 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Movan has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Movan covers 272.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Movan falls under Akkalkuwa tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Movan notes the nearest railway station 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 Movan.

Movan is in Akkalkuwa tehsil of Nandurbar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Movan today is likely to be higher.

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