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About Guravwadi Village

Guravwadi is a small village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 84 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,226 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195 hectares hectares.

Guravwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guravwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Lanja
Area (hectares) 195 hectares
Population 187
Male Population 84
Female Population 103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,226
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Guravwadi compares

By the 2011 count Guravwadi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 195 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1174.

Getting to Guravwadi

Guravwadi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Guravwadi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guravwadi from other places

Guravwadi lies about 58 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Veravali, 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 Guravwadi
Nearest town Shahuwadi 13 km
Nearest railway station Veravali 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanja 31 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 58 km

Villages closest to Guravwadi

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 Guravwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Guravwadi village had a population of 187. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Guravwadi village has 84 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guravwadi has about 1226 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

Guravwadi covers 195 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guravwadi falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Guravwadi is Veravali, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Guravwadi.

Guravwadi is about 58 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guravwadi is in Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Shahuwadi is about 13 km away. Veravali is about 24 km away. Lanja is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kante (6.1 km), Musalmanwadi (13 km) and Talavade (14 km).

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

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