About Kolamb Village

Kolamb is a mid sized village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 623, made up of 276 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,257 females per 1000 males. The village covers 773.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416704, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolamb Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolamb village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Rajapur
Pincode	416704
Area (hectares)	773.42 hectares
Population	623
Male Population	276
Female Population	347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,257
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolamb compares

By the 2011 count Kolamb is the 89th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 773.42 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1229.

Getting to Kolamb

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

How far is Kolamb from other places

Kolamb lies about 65 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Kharepatan Road, about 19 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 Kolamb
Nearest railway station	Kharepatan Road	19 km
Nearest town	Shahuwadi	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajapur	32 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	65 km

Villages closest to Kolamb

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolamb village had a population of 623. That makes it the 89th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Kolamb village has 276 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolamb has about 1257 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1229.

The pincode recorded for Kolamb is 416704. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolamb covers 773.42 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.

Kolamb falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kolamb is Kharepatan Road, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Kolamb.

Kolamb is about 65 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolamb is in Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Kharepatan Road is about 19 km away. Shahuwadi is about 32 km away. Rajapur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.