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About Musalmanwadi Village

Musalmanwadi is a mid sized village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 672, made up of 260 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,585 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17 hectares hectares.

Musalmanwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Musalmanwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Lanja
Area (hectares) 17 hectares
Population 672
Male Population 260
Female Population 412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,585
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Musalmanwadi compares

By the 2011 count Musalmanwadi is the 56th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 17 hectares work out to about 40 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Musalmanwadi

Musalmanwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Musalmanwadi 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 Musalmanwadi from other places

Musalmanwadi lies about 51 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Adavali, about 21 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 Musalmanwadi
Nearest town Shahuwadi 18 km
Nearest railway station Adavali 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanja 27 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 51 km

Villages closest to Musalmanwadi

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 Musalmanwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Musalmanwadi village had a population of 672. That makes it the 56th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Musalmanwadi village has 260 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Musalmanwadi has about 1585 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

Musalmanwadi covers 17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 40 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Musalmanwadi falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Musalmanwadi is Adavali, about 21 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 Musalmanwadi.

Musalmanwadi is about 51 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Musalmanwadi is in Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Shahuwadi is about 18 km away. Adavali is about 21 km away. Lanja is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rambadegaon (2.3 km), Shirambavali (2.3 km) and Talavade (3.3 km).

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

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