About Naravan Village

Naravan is a mid sized village in Guhagar tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,857, made up of 792 males and 1,065 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,345 females per 1000 males. The village covers 962 hectares hectares.

Naravan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naravan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Guhagar
Area (hectares)	962 hectares
Population	1,857
Male Population	792
Female Population	1,065
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,345
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Naravan compares

By the 2011 count Naravan is the 16th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 962 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1367.

Getting to Naravan

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

Naravan lies about 39 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Sawarda, about 31 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 Naravan
Tehsil headquarters	Guhagar	17 km
Nearest railway station	Sawarda	31 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	36 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	39 km

Villages closest to Naravan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Naravan village had a population of 1,857. That makes it the 16th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Naravan village has 792 males and 1,065 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naravan has about 1345 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1367.

Naravan covers 962 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Naravan falls under Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Naravan is Sawarda, about 31 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 Naravan.

Naravan is about 39 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naravan is in Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Guhagar is about 17 km away. Sawarda is about 31 km away. Chiplūn is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.