About Are Village

Are is a mid sized village in Devgad tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,335, made up of 641 males and 694 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2038.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416611, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Are Overview

Census 2011 figures for Are village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Devgad
Pincode	416611
Area (hectares)	2038.18 hectares
Population	1,335
Male Population	641
Female Population	694
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Are compares

By the 2011 count Are is the 29th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents. Its 2038.18 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1073.

Getting to Are

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

Are lies about 51 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Kankavali, about 12 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 Are
Nearest railway station	Kankavali	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devgad	28 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	47 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	51 km

Villages closest to Are

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Are village had a population of 1,335. That makes it the 29th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents.

Are village has 641 males and 694 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Are has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1073.

The pincode recorded for Are is 416611. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Are covers 2038.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Are falls under Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Are is Kankavali, about 12 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 Are.

Are is about 51 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Are is in Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Kankavali is about 12 km away. Devgad is about 28 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.