About Ambav Village

Ambav is a mid sized village in Sangameshwar tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,442, made up of 628 males and 814 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,296 females per 1000 males. The village covers 540 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415608, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ambav Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ambav village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Sangameshwar
Pincode	415608
Area (hectares)	540 hectares
Population	1,442
Male Population	628
Female Population	814
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,296
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ambav compares

By the 2011 count Ambav is the 34th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 540 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1170.

Getting to Ambav

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

Ambav lies about 27 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Ukshi, about 5.1 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 Ambav
Nearest railway station	Ukshi	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sangameshwar	6.9 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	27 km

Villages closest to Ambav

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sangameshwar 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 Ambav

As per the Census of India 2011, Ambav village had a population of 1,442. That makes it the 34th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Ambav village has 628 males and 814 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ambav has about 1296 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1170.

The pincode recorded for Ambav is 415608. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ambav covers 540 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ambav falls under Sangameshwar tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ambav is Ukshi, about 5.1 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 Ambav.

Ambav is about 27 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ambav is in Sangameshwar tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Ukshi is about 5.1 km away. Sangameshwar is about 6.9 km away. Ratnagiri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.