About Pale Village

Pale is a mid sized village in Mandangad tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 750, made up of 308 males and 442 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,435 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489.62 hectares hectares.

Pale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pale village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Mandangad
Area (hectares)	489.62 hectares
Population	750
Male Population	308
Female Population	442
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,435
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pale compares

By the 2011 count Pale is the 23rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 489.62 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1330.

Getting to Pale

Pale is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pale as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Pale from other places

Pale lies about 126 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Veer, 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 Pale
Nearest railway station	Veer	under 2 km
Nearest town	Mahād	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandangad	18 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	126 km

Villages closest to Pale

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mandangad 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.

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Common questions about Pale

As per the Census of India 2011, Pale village had a population of 750. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Pale village has 308 males and 442 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pale has about 1435 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1330.

Pale covers 489.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pale falls under Mandangad tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pale is Veer, 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 - 10 km distance for Pale.

Pale is about 126 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pale is in Mandangad tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Veer is about under 2 km away. Mahād is about 11 km away. Mandangad is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.