About Ker Village

Ker is a mid sized village in Dodamarg tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 774, made up of 374 males and 400 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2096.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416549, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ker Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ker village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Dodamarg
Pincode	416549
Area (hectares)	2096.52 hectares
Population	774
Male Population	374
Female Population	400
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ker compares

By the 2011 count Ker is the 25th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 2096.52 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Ker

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

Ker lies about 19 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Madure, about 23 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 Ker
Tehsil headquarters	Dodamarg	13 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	19 km
Nearest railway station	Madure	23 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	25 km

Villages closest to Ker

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 Ker

As per the Census of India 2011, Ker village had a population of 774. That makes it the 25th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Ker village has 374 males and 400 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ker has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1040.

The pincode recorded for Ker is 416549. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ker covers 2096.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ker falls under Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ker is Madure, about 23 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 Ker.

Ker is about 19 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ker is in Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Dodamarg is about 13 km away. Sindhudurg is about 19 km away. Madure is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.