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About Durgwadi Village

Durgwadi is a small village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 140 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,164 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1252 hectares hectares.

Durgwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Chiplun
Area (hectares) 1252 hectares
Population 303
Male Population 140
Female Population 163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,164
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgwadi compares

By the 2011 count Durgwadi is the 155th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 1252 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1147.

Getting to Durgwadi

Durgwadi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Durgwadi as Available within <5 km distance. 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 from other places

Durgwadi 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
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

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgwadi village had a population of 303. That makes it the 155th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Durgwadi village has 140 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgwadi has about 1164 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1147.

Durgwadi covers 1252 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Durgwadi falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Durgwadi 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Durgwadi.

Durgwadi 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 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 Kh (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 today is likely to be higher.

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