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About Karde Village

Karde is a mid sized village in Dapoli tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,097, made up of 496 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,212 females per 1000 males. The village covers 780.2 hectares hectares.

Karde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karde village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Dapoli
Area (hectares) 780.2 hectares
Population 1,097
Male Population 496
Female Population 601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,212
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karde compares

By the 2011 count Karde is the 36th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 780.2 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1293.

Getting to Karde

Karde is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karde as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Karde from other places

Karde lies about 87 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Khed, about 30 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 Karde
Tehsil headquarters Dapoli 6.7 km
Nearest railway station Khed 30 km
Nearest town Chiplūn 47 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 87 km

Villages closest to Karde

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.

Common questions about Karde

As per the Census of India 2011, Karde village had a population of 1,097. That makes it the 36th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Karde village has 496 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karde has about 1212 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1293.

Karde covers 780.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karde falls under Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karde is Khed, about 30 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 <5 km distance for Karde.

Karde is about 87 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karde is in Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Dapoli is about 6.7 km away. Khed is about 30 km away. Chiplūn is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Murud (2.3 km), Tamastirth (5.5 km) and Gimhavane (6.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karde today is likely to be higher.

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