About Pimper Village

Pimper is a mid sized village in Guhagar tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 831, made up of 376 males and 455 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,210 females per 1000 males. The village covers 696.86 hectares hectares.

Pimper Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pimper village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Guhagar
Area (hectares)	696.86 hectares
Population	831
Male Population	376
Female Population	455
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,210
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pimper compares

By the 2011 count Pimper is the 57th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 696.86 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1367.

Getting to Pimper

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

Pimper lies about 46 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Sawarda, about 24 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 Pimper
Tehsil headquarters	Guhagar	13 km
Nearest railway station	Sawarda	24 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	28 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	46 km

Villages closest to Pimper

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 Pimper

As per the Census of India 2011, Pimper village had a population of 831. That makes it the 57th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Pimper village has 376 males and 455 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pimper has about 1210 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1367.

Pimper covers 696.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pimper falls under Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pimper is Sawarda, about 24 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 Pimper.

Pimper is about 46 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pimper is in Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Guhagar is about 13 km away. Sawarda is about 24 km away. Chiplūn is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.