About Lote Village

Lote is a large village in Khed tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,003, made up of 2,134 males and 1,869 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 731 hectares hectares.

Lote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lote village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Khed
Area (hectares)	731 hectares
Population	4,003
Male Population	2,134
Female Population	1,869
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lote compares

By the 2011 count Lote is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 731 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 Lote

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

Lote lies about 71 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Chiplun, about 8.6 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 Lote
Nearest railway station	Chiplun	8.6 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khed	15 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	71 km

Villages closest to Lote

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 Lote

As per the Census of India 2011, Lote village had a population of 4,003. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Lote village has 2,134 males and 1,869 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lote has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Lote covers 731 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lote falls under Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Lote is Chiplun, about 8.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Lote.

Lote is about 71 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lote is in Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Chiplun is about 8.6 km away. Chiplūn is about 9.0 km away. Khed is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.