About Gherapalgad Village

Gherapalgad is a mid sized village in Khed tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 901, made up of 447 males and 454 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 971.56 hectares hectares.

Gherapalgad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gherapalgad village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Khed
Area (hectares)	971.56 hectares
Population	901
Male Population	447
Female Population	454
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gherapalgad compares

By the 2011 count Gherapalgad is the 57th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 971.56 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Gherapalgad

Gherapalgad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gherapalgad 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 Ganwalwadi, Ghagwadi, Ghanekhunt and Ghera Rasalgad. 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 Gherapalgad

As per the Census of India 2011, Gherapalgad village had a population of 901. That makes it the 57th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Gherapalgad village has 447 males and 454 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gherapalgad has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Gherapalgad covers 971.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gherapalgad falls under Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Gherapalgad 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 Gherapalgad.

Gherapalgad 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.