About Asond Village

Asond is a mid sized village in Dapoli tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,493, made up of 722 males and 771 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 745 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415711, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asond Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asond village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Dapoli
Pincode	415711
Area (hectares)	745 hectares
Population	1,493
Male Population	722
Female Population	771
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Asond compares

By the 2011 count Asond is the 16th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 745 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1293.

Getting to Asond

Asond is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Asond 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Asond from other places

Asond lies about 77 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Khed, about 14 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 Asond
Tehsil headquarters	Dapoli	13 km
Nearest railway station	Khed	14 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	30 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	77 km

Villages closest to Asond

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asond village had a population of 1,493. That makes it the 16th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Asond village has 722 males and 771 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asond has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1293.

The pincode recorded for Asond is 415711. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asond covers 745 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asond falls under Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Asond is Khed, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Asond is about 77 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asond is in Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Dapoli is about 13 km away. Khed is about 14 km away. Chiplūn is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.