About Agave Village

Agave is a mid sized village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,017, made up of 453 males and 564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,245 females per 1000 males. The village covers 965.27 hectares hectares.

Agave Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agave village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Lanja
Area (hectares)	965.27 hectares
Population	1,017
Male Population	453
Female Population	564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,245
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Agave compares

By the 2011 count Agave is the 30th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 965.27 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Agave

Agave is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Agave 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Adavali, Agargaon, Anandgaon and Anjanari. 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.

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Common questions about Agave

As per the Census of India 2011, Agave village had a population of 1,017. That makes it the 30th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Agave village has 453 males and 564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agave has about 1245 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

Agave covers 965.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Agave falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Agave notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Agave.

Agave 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.