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About Math Village

Math is a mid sized village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,053, made up of 516 males and 537 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282.58 hectares hectares.

Math Overview

Census 2011 figures for Math village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Lanja
Area (hectares) 282.58 hectares
Population 1,053
Male Population 516
Female Population 537
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Math compares

By the 2011 count Math is the 27th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 282.58 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Math

Math is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Math as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Math from other places

Math lies about 11 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Bhoke, 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 Math
Nearest railway station Bhoke under 2 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanja 26 km

Villages closest to Math

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 Math

As per the Census of India 2011, Math village had a population of 1,053. That makes it the 27th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Math village has 516 males and 537 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Math has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1174.

Math covers 282.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Math falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Math is Bhoke, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Math.

Math is about 11 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Math is in Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Bhoke is about under 2 km away. Ratnagiri is about 11 km away. Lanja is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Joshigaon (11 km), Anjanari (16 km) and Kot (22 km).

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

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