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About Wave Tarf Khed Village

Wave Tarf Khed is a small village in Khed tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 97 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 624.62 hectares hectares.

Wave Tarf Khed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wave Tarf Khed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Khed
Area (hectares) 624.62 hectares
Population 180
Male Population 97
Female Population 83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wave Tarf Khed compares

By the 2011 count Wave Tarf Khed is the 199th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 624.62 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Getting to Wave Tarf Khed

Wave Tarf Khed is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Wave Tarf Khed as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Wave Tarf Khed from other places

Wave Tarf Khed lies about 81 km from Ratnagiri. 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 Wave Tarf Khed
Tehsil headquarters Khed under 2 km
Nearest town Chiplūn 24 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 81 km

Villages closest to Wave Tarf Khed

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 Wave Tarf Khed

As per the Census of India 2011, Wave Tarf Khed village had a population of 180. That makes it the 199th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Wave Tarf Khed village has 97 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wave Tarf Khed has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Wave Tarf Khed covers 624.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wave Tarf Khed falls under Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Wave Tarf Khed notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Wave Tarf Khed.

Wave Tarf Khed is about 81 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wave Tarf Khed is in Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Khed is about under 2 km away. Chiplūn is about 24 km away. Ratnagiri is about 81 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khed (under 2 km), Kinjale Tarf Khed (under 2 km) and Kuraval Khed (under 2 km).

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

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