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About Tale Village

Tale is a mid sized village in Khed tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,352, made up of 633 males and 719 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 999.37 hectares hectares.

Tale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tale village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Khed
Area (hectares) 999.37 hectares
Population 1,352
Male Population 633
Female Population 719
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,136
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tale compares

By the 2011 count Tale is the 28th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 999.37 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1164.

Getting to Tale

Tale is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tale 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tale from other places

Tale lies about 108 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Diwankhavati, about 23 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 Tale
Nearest railway station Diwankhavati 23 km
Nearest town Wai 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Khed 32 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 108 km

Villages closest to Tale

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 Tale

As per the Census of India 2011, Tale village had a population of 1,352. That makes it the 28th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Tale village has 633 males and 719 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tale has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1164.

Tale covers 999.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tale falls under Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Tale is Diwankhavati, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Tale is about 108 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tale is in Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Diwankhavati is about 23 km away. Wai is about 28 km away. Khed is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shiravali (1.7 km), Javli Gaonthan (3.7 km) and Biramani (11 km).

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

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