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About Musalmanwadi Village

Musalmanwadi is a small village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 188 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,197 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27 hectares hectares.

Musalmanwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Musalmanwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Rajapur
Area (hectares) 27 hectares
Population 413
Male Population 188
Female Population 225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,197
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Musalmanwadi compares

By the 2011 count Musalmanwadi is the 144th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 27 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1229.

Getting to Musalmanwadi

Musalmanwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Musalmanwadi 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 Musalmanwadi from other places

Musalmanwadi lies about 57 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Vilavade, 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 Musalmanwadi
Nearest railway station Vilavade 19 km
Nearest town Shahuwadi 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajapur 33 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 57 km

Villages closest to Musalmanwadi

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.

Common questions about Musalmanwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Musalmanwadi village had a population of 413. That makes it the 144th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Musalmanwadi village has 188 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Musalmanwadi has about 1197 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1229.

Musalmanwadi covers 27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Musalmanwadi falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Musalmanwadi is Vilavade, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Musalmanwadi.

Musalmanwadi is about 57 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Musalmanwadi is in Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Vilavade is about 19 km away. Shahuwadi is about 21 km away. Rajapur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dandewadi (1.6 km), Kumbhavade (2.3 km) and Pahiliwadi (5.6 km).

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

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