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About Khavati Village

Khavati is a mid sized village in Khed tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,453, made up of 741 males and 712 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 935.25 hectares hectares.

Khavati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khavati village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Khed
Area (hectares) 935.25 hectares
Population 1,453
Male Population 741
Female Population 712
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khavati compares

By the 2011 count Khavati is the 22nd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 935.25 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Getting to Khavati

Khavati is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khavati 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khavati from other places

Khavati lies about 95 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Diwankhavati, 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 Khavati
Nearest railway station Diwankhavati 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Khed 14 km
Nearest town Mahād 27 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 95 km

Villages closest to Khavati

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.

Common questions about Khavati

As per the Census of India 2011, Khavati village had a population of 1,453. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Khavati village has 741 males and 712 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khavati has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Khavati covers 935.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khavati falls under Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

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

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

Khavati is about 95 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khavati is in Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Diwankhavati is about 1.9 km away. Khed is about 14 km away. Mahād is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Divan Khavati (under 2 km), Borghar (2.5 km) and Kashedi (5.8 km).

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

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