About Agave Village

Agave is a mid sized village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,961, made up of 951 males and 1,010 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 635 hectares hectares.

Agave Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agave village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Chiplun
Area (hectares)	635 hectares
Population	1,961
Male Population	951
Female Population	1,010
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Agave compares

By the 2011 count Agave is the 29th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 635 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Getting to Agave

Agave is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Agave 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Agave from other places

Agave lies about 63 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Kamathe, about 11 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 Agave
Nearest railway station	Kamathe	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chiplun	13 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	13 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	63 km

Villages closest to Agave

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Agave village had a population of 1,961. That makes it the 29th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Agave village has 951 males and 1,010 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agave has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Agave covers 635 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Agave falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Agave is Kamathe, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Agave.

Agave is about 63 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agave is in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Kamathe is about 11 km away. Chiplun is about 13 km away. Chiplūn is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.