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About Gangrai Village

Gangrai is a mid sized village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,166, made up of 522 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,234 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445 hectares hectares.

Gangrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangrai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Chiplun
Area (hectares) 445 hectares
Population 1,166
Male Population 522
Female Population 644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,234
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangrai compares

By the 2011 count Gangrai is the 74th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 445 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1147.

Getting to Gangrai

Gangrai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangrai 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 Dugave, Durgwadi, Durgwadi Kh and Gane. 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 Gangrai

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangrai village had a population of 1,166. That makes it the 74th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Gangrai village has 522 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangrai has about 1234 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1147.

Gangrai covers 445 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangrai falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Gangrai 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 Gangrai.

Gangrai is in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri 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 Gangrai today is likely to be higher.

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