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About Argaon Village

Argaon is a mid sized village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 522, made up of 251 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1174 hectares hectares.

Argaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Argaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Lanja
Area (hectares) 1174 hectares
Population 522
Male Population 251
Female Population 271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,080
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Argaon compares

By the 2011 count Argaon is the 75th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 1174 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Argaon

Argaon 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 Argaon 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Argaon from other places

Argaon lies about 44 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Vilavade, about 4.2 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 Argaon
Nearest railway station Vilavade 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanja 14 km
Nearest town Shahuwadi 34 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 44 km

Villages closest to Argaon

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 Argaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Argaon village had a population of 522. That makes it the 75th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Argaon village has 251 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Argaon has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1174.

Argaon covers 1174 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Argaon falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Argaon is Vilavade, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Argaon is about 44 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Argaon is in Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Vilavade is about 4.2 km away. Lanja is about 14 km away. Shahuwadi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Agargaon (under 2 km), Gangar Kargaon (under 2 km) and Kumbhargaon (under 2 km).

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

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