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About Kotwali Village

Kotwali is a mid sized village in Khed tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,146, made up of 558 males and 588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 860 hectares hectares.

Kotwali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotwali village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Khed
Area (hectares) 860 hectares
Population 1,146
Male Population 558
Female Population 588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,054
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kotwali compares

By the 2011 count Kotwali is the 37th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 860 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Kotwali

Kotwali 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 Kotwali as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Kotwali from other places

Kotwali lies about 102 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Diwankhavati, about 9.6 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 Kotwali
Nearest railway station Diwankhavati 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Khed 22 km
Nearest town Mahād 23 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 102 km

Villages closest to Kotwali

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 Kotwali

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotwali village had a population of 1,146. That makes it the 37th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Kotwali village has 558 males and 588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotwali has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Kotwali covers 860 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotwali falls under Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kotwali is Diwankhavati, about 9.6 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 <5 km distance for Kotwali.

Kotwali is about 102 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotwali is in Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Diwankhavati is about 9.6 km away. Khed is about 22 km away. Mahād is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghogare (6.0 km), Wadi Beldar (6.8 km) and Kashedi (7.4 km).

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

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