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About Adavali Village

Adavali is a mid sized village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 452 males and 558 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,235 females per 1000 males. The village covers 733.36 hectares hectares.

Adavali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adavali village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Lanja
Area (hectares) 733.36 hectares
Population 1,010
Male Population 452
Female Population 558
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,235
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Adavali compares

By the 2011 count Adavali is the 32nd largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 733.36 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Adavali

Adavali 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 Adavali 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Adavali from other places

Adavali lies about 32 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Adavali, about under 2 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 Adavali
Nearest railway station Adavali under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanja 9.1 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 32 km

Villages closest to Adavali

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 Adavali

As per the Census of India 2011, Adavali village had a population of 1,010. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Adavali village has 452 males and 558 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adavali has about 1235 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

Adavali covers 733.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Adavali falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Adavali is Adavali, about under 2 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 10+ km distance for Adavali.

Adavali is about 32 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adavali is in Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Adavali is about under 2 km away. Lanja is about 9.1 km away. Ratnagiri is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadvali (under 2 km), Kheravse (4.3 km) and Lanja (9.1 km).

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

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