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About Khavadi Village

Khavadi is a mid sized village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,269, made up of 581 males and 688 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,184 females per 1000 males. The village covers 977.7 hectares hectares.

Khavadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khavadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Lanja
Area (hectares) 977.7 hectares
Population 1,269
Male Population 581
Female Population 688
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,184
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khavadi compares

By the 2011 count Khavadi is the 19th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 977.7 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Khavadi

Khavadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khavadi 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kante, Katalgaon, Kelambe and Kelvali. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khavadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Khavadi village had a population of 1,269. That makes it the 19th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Khavadi village has 581 males and 688 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khavadi has about 1184 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1174.

Khavadi covers 977.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khavadi falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Khavadi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Khavadi is in Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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