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About Karshingewadi Village

Karshingewadi is a small village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 131 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,206 females per 1000 males. The village covers 363.89 hectares hectares.

Karshingewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karshingewadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Rajapur
Area (hectares) 363.89 hectares
Population 289
Male Population 131
Female Population 158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,206
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karshingewadi compares

By the 2011 count Karshingewadi is the 176th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 363.89 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1229.

Getting to Karshingewadi

Karshingewadi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Karshingewadi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kaneriwadi, Karak, Karavali and Karel. 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 Karshingewadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Karshingewadi village had a population of 289. That makes it the 176th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Karshingewadi village has 131 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karshingewadi has about 1206 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1229.

Karshingewadi covers 363.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karshingewadi falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Karshingewadi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karshingewadi.

Karshingewadi is in Rajapur 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 Karshingewadi today is likely to be higher.

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