About Saundal Village

Saundal is a mid sized village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 738, made up of 345 males and 393 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,139 females per 1000 males. The village covers 889.45 hectares hectares.

Saundal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saundal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Rajapur
Area (hectares)	889.45 hectares
Population	738
Male Population	345
Female Population	393
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,139
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Saundal compares

By the 2011 count Saundal is the 74th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 889.45 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 well below the tehsil average of 1229.

Getting to Saundal

Saundal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saundal 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saundal from other places

Saundal lies about 48 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Saundal, about 1.9 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 Saundal
Nearest railway station	Saundal	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajapur	14 km
Nearest town	Shahuwadi	41 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	48 km

Villages closest to Saundal

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 Saundal

As per the Census of India 2011, Saundal village had a population of 738. That makes it the 74th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Saundal village has 345 males and 393 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saundal has about 1139 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1229.

Saundal covers 889.45 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.

Saundal falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Saundal is Saundal, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Saundal.

Saundal is about 48 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saundal is in Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Saundal is about 1.9 km away. Rajapur is about 14 km away. Shahuwadi is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.