About Phurus Village

Phurus is a mid sized village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 683, made up of 287 males and 396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,380 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1094 hectares hectares.

Phurus Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phurus village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Chiplun
Area (hectares)	1094 hectares
Population	683
Male Population	287
Female Population	396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,380
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phurus compares

By the 2011 count Phurus is the 121st largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 1094 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Phurus

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

Phurus lies about 84 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Khed, about 10 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 Phurus
Nearest railway station	Khed	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chiplun	31 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	31 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	84 km

Villages closest to Phurus

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 Phurus

As per the Census of India 2011, Phurus village had a population of 683. That makes it the 121st largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Phurus village has 287 males and 396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phurus has about 1380 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1147.

Phurus covers 1094 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Phurus falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Phurus is Khed, about 10 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 Phurus.

Phurus is about 84 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phurus is in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Khed is about 10 km away. Chiplun is about 31 km away. Chiplūn is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.