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About Anjanari Village

Anjanari is a mid sized village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 933, made up of 422 males and 511 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,211 females per 1000 males. The village covers 427.5 hectares hectares.

Anjanari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anjanari village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Lanja
Area (hectares) 427.5 hectares
Population 933
Male Population 422
Female Population 511
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,211
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Anjanari compares

By the 2011 count Anjanari is the 36th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 427.5 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Anjanari

Anjanari is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Anjanari 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Anjanari from other places

Anjanari lies about 21 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Nivasar, about 5.6 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 Anjanari
Nearest railway station Nivasar 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanja 11 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 21 km

Villages closest to Anjanari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anjanari village had a population of 933. That makes it the 36th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Anjanari village has 422 males and 511 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anjanari has about 1211 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1174.

Anjanari covers 427.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anjanari falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Anjanari is Nivasar, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Anjanari.

Anjanari is about 21 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anjanari is in Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Nivasar is about 5.6 km away. Lanja is about 11 km away. Ratnagiri is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Adavali (11 km), Sadvali (11 km) and Lanja (11 km).

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

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