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About Raygaon Village

Raygaon is a mid sized village in Kadegaon tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,834, made up of 947 males and 887 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 617.24 hectares hectares.

Raygaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raygaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sangli
Tehsil Kadegaon
Area (hectares) 617.24 hectares
Population 1,834
Male Population 947
Female Population 887
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Raygaon compares

By the 2011 count Raygaon is the 29th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,595 residents. Its 617.24 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Raygaon

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

Raygaon lies about 67 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Karad, about 15 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 Raygaon
Tehsil headquarters Kadegaon 12 km
Nearest railway station Karad 15 km
Nearest town Karād 19 km
District headquarters Sangli 67 km

Villages closest to Raygaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Raygaon village had a population of 1,834. That makes it the 29th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,595 residents.

Raygaon village has 947 males and 887 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raygaon has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Raygaon covers 617.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Raygaon falls under Kadegaon tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Raygaon is Karad, about 15 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 Raygaon.

Raygaon is about 67 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raygaon is in Kadegaon tehsil of Sangli district. Kadegaon is about 12 km away. Karad is about 15 km away. Karād is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shalgaon (3.4 km), Hingangaon Bk (3.5 km) and Hingangaon Kh (3.5 km).

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

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