About Degaon Village

Degaon is a mid sized village in Dapoli tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 825, made up of 356 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,317 females per 1000 males. The village covers 758.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415711, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Degaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Degaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Dapoli
Pincode	415711
Area (hectares)	758.24 hectares
Population	825
Male Population	356
Female Population	469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,317
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Degaon compares

By the 2011 count Degaon is the 63rd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 758.24 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1293.

Getting to Degaon

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

Degaon lies about 72 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Anjani, about 11 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 Degaon
Nearest railway station	Anjani	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dapoli	18 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	26 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	72 km

Villages closest to Degaon

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 Degaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Degaon village had a population of 825. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Degaon village has 356 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Degaon has about 1317 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1293.

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

Degaon covers 758.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Degaon falls under Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Degaon is Anjani, about 11 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 Degaon.

Degaon is about 72 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Degaon is in Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Anjani is about 11 km away. Dapoli is about 18 km away. Chiplūn is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.