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About Latawan Village

Latawan is a mid sized village in Mandangad tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,307, made up of 640 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 303.77 hectares hectares.

Latawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Latawan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Mandangad
Area (hectares) 303.77 hectares
Population 1,307
Male Population 640
Female Population 667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Latawan compares

By the 2011 count Latawan is the 10th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 303.77 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 1330.

Getting to Latawan

Latawan 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 Latawan 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. The nearest villages by name are Konzar, Kuduk Bk, Kuduk Kh and Kumbale. 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.

Common questions about Latawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Latawan village had a population of 1,307. That makes it the 10th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Latawan village has 640 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Latawan has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1330.

Latawan covers 303.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Latawan falls under Mandangad tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Latawan notes the nearest railway station 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 Latawan.

Latawan is in Mandangad 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.

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

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