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About Durgwadi Kh Village

Durgwadi Kh is a mid sized village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 916, made up of 384 males and 532 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,385 females per 1000 males. The village covers 777 hectares hectares.

Durgwadi Kh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgwadi Kh village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Chiplun
Area (hectares) 777 hectares
Population 916
Male Population 384
Female Population 532
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,385
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgwadi Kh compares

By the 2011 count Durgwadi Kh is the 101st largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 777 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1147.

Getting to Durgwadi Kh

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

Durgwadi Kh lies about 91 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Kalambani Budruk, about 16 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 Durgwadi Kh
Nearest railway station Kalambani Budruk 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Chiplun 28 km
Nearest town Chiplūn 28 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 91 km

Villages closest to Durgwadi Kh

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.

Common questions about Durgwadi Kh

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgwadi Kh village had a population of 916. That makes it the 101st largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Durgwadi Kh village has 384 males and 532 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgwadi Kh has about 1385 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1147.

Durgwadi Kh covers 777 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.

Durgwadi Kh falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Durgwadi Kh is Kalambani Budruk, about 16 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 Durgwadi Kh.

Durgwadi Kh is about 91 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgwadi Kh is in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Kalambani Budruk is about 16 km away. Chiplun is about 28 km away. Chiplūn is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Agarwadi (under 2 km), Durgwadi (under 2 km) and Ghavalwadi (under 2 km).

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

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