About Bodan Village

Bodan is a mid sized village in Dodamarg tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 281 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 972 hectares hectares.

Bodan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bodan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Dodamarg
Area (hectares)	972 hectares
Population	548
Male Population	281
Female Population	267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bodan compares

By the 2011 count Bodan is the 30th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 972 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Bodan

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

Bodan lies about 29 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Thivim, about 20 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 Bodan
Tehsil headquarters	Dodamarg	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Thivim	20 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	29 km
Nearest town	Mapusa	29 km

Villages closest to Bodan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bodan village had a population of 548. That makes it the 30th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Bodan village has 281 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bodan has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Bodan covers 972 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bodan falls under Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Bodan is Thivim, about 20 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 Bodan.

Bodan is about 29 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bodan is in Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Dodamarg is about 9.2 km away. Thivim is about 20 km away. Sindhudurg is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.