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About Girode Village

Girode is a small village in Dodamarg tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 266, made up of 145 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 538 hectares hectares.

Girode Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girode village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Dodamarg
Area (hectares) 538 hectares
Population 266
Male Population 145
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Girode compares

By the 2011 count Girode is the 44th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 538 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Girode

Girode is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Girode as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Girode from other places

Girode lies about 30 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Thivim, about 14 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 Girode
Tehsil headquarters Dodamarg 3.6 km
Nearest railway station Thivim 14 km
Nearest town Mapusa 22 km
District headquarters Sindhudurg 30 km

Villages closest to Girode

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.

Common questions about Girode

As per the Census of India 2011, Girode village had a population of 266. That makes it the 44th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Girode village has 145 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girode has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Girode covers 538 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Girode falls under Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Girode is Thivim, about 14 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Girode.

Girode is about 30 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girode is in Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Dodamarg is about 3.6 km away. Thivim is about 14 km away. Mapusa is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ambeli (1.7 km), Kasai (1.9 km) and Vazare (3.1 km).

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

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