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About Parchuri Village

Parchuri is a small village in Guhagar tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 474, made up of 202 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,347 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326 hectares hectares.

Parchuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parchuri village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Guhagar
Area (hectares) 326 hectares
Population 474
Male Population 202
Female Population 272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,347
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Parchuri compares

By the 2011 count Parchuri is the 93rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 326 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Parchuri

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

Parchuri lies about 64 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Anjani, about 12 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 Parchuri
Nearest railway station Anjani 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Guhagar 15 km
Nearest town Chiplūn 23 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 64 km

Villages closest to Parchuri

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.

Common questions about Parchuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Parchuri village had a population of 474. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Parchuri village has 202 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parchuri has about 1347 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1367.

Parchuri covers 326 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Parchuri falls under Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Parchuri is Anjani, about 12 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 Parchuri.

Parchuri is about 64 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parchuri is in Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Anjani is about 12 km away. Guhagar is about 15 km away. Chiplūn is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parchuri Kh (under 2 km), Gimavi (7.0 km) and Shringartali (9.4 km).

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

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