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About Palekarwadi Village

Palekarwadi is a small village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 176 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.5 hectares hectares.

Palekarwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palekarwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Rajapur
Area (hectares) 112.5 hectares
Population 353
Male Population 176
Female Population 177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
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 Palekarwadi compares

By the 2011 count Palekarwadi is the 161st largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 112.5 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 1229.

Getting to Palekarwadi

Palekarwadi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Palekarwadi 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 Pachal, Padave, Pahiliwadi and Pajavewadi. 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 Palekarwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Palekarwadi village had a population of 353. That makes it the 161st largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Palekarwadi village has 176 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palekarwadi has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1229.

Palekarwadi covers 112.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palekarwadi falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Palekarwadi 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 Palekarwadi.

Palekarwadi 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 Palekarwadi today is likely to be higher.

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