About Furus Village

Furus is a mid sized village in Khed tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,129, made up of 535 males and 594 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 905.7 hectares hectares.

Furus Overview

Census 2011 figures for Furus village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Khed
Area (hectares)	905.7 hectares
Population	1,129
Male Population	535
Female Population	594
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,110
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Furus compares

By the 2011 count Furus is the 39th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 905.7 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1164.

Getting to Furus

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

Furus lies about 83 km from Ratnagiri. 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 Furus
Tehsil headquarters	Khed	8.1 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	30 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	83 km

Villages closest to Furus

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Furus village had a population of 1,129. That makes it the 39th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Furus village has 535 males and 594 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Furus has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Furus covers 905.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Furus falls under Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Furus 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 Furus.

Furus is about 83 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Furus is in Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Khed is about 8.1 km away. Chiplūn is about 30 km away. Ratnagiri is about 83 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.