About Vijaydurg Village

Vijaydurg is a mid sized village in Devgad tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,735, made up of 821 males and 914 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 497.24 hectares hectares.

Vijaydurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vijaydurg village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Devgad
Area (hectares)	497.24 hectares
Population	1,735
Male Population	821
Female Population	914
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,113
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vijaydurg compares

By the 2011 count Vijaydurg is the 20th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents. Its 497.24 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1073.

Getting to Vijaydurg

Vijaydurg is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Vijaydurg as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Vijaydurg from other places

Vijaydurg lies about 93 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Rajapur Road, about 32 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 Vijaydurg
Tehsil headquarters	Devgad	20 km
Nearest railway station	Rajapur Road	32 km
Nearest town	Ratnagiri	49 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	93 km

Villages closest to Vijaydurg

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 Vijaydurg

As per the Census of India 2011, Vijaydurg village had a population of 1,735. That makes it the 20th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents.

Vijaydurg village has 821 males and 914 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vijaydurg has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1073.

Vijaydurg covers 497.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Vijaydurg falls under Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Vijaydurg is Rajapur Road, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance for Vijaydurg.

Vijaydurg is about 93 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vijaydurg is in Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Devgad is about 20 km away. Rajapur Road is about 32 km away. Ratnagiri is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.