About Nigade Village

Nigade is a mid sized village in Dapoli tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 752, made up of 308 males and 444 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,442 females per 1000 males. The village covers 577.34 hectares hectares.

Nigade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nigade village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Dapoli
Area (hectares)	577.34 hectares
Population	752
Male Population	308
Female Population	444
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,442
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nigade compares

By the 2011 count Nigade is the 69th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 577.34 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1293.

Getting to Nigade

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

Nigade lies about 103 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Vinhere, about 33 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 Nigade
Tehsil headquarters	Dapoli	19 km
Nearest railway station	Vinhere	33 km
Nearest town	Mahād	42 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	103 km

Villages closest to Nigade

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 Nigade

As per the Census of India 2011, Nigade village had a population of 752. That makes it the 69th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Nigade village has 308 males and 444 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nigade has about 1442 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1293.

Nigade covers 577.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nigade falls under Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Nigade is Vinhere, about 33 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 - 10 km distance for Nigade.

Nigade is about 103 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nigade is in Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Dapoli is about 19 km away. Vinhere is about 33 km away. Mahād is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.