About Avashi Village

Avashi is a large village in Khed tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,534, made up of 1,336 males and 1,198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 528.65 hectares hectares.

Avashi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Avashi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Khed
Area (hectares)	528.65 hectares
Population	2,534
Male Population	1,336
Female Population	1,198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Avashi compares

By the 2011 count Avashi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 528.65 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Getting to Avashi

Avashi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Avashi 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. The nearest villages by name are Asagani Mohalla, Ashti, Ashti Bk and Ashti Mohalla. 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.

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Common questions about Avashi

As per the Census of India 2011, Avashi village had a population of 2,534. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Avashi village has 1,336 males and 1,198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Avashi has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Avashi covers 528.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Avashi falls under Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Avashi notes the nearest railway station 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 Avashi.

Avashi is in Khed 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.