About Hewale Village

Hewale is a small village in Dodamarg tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 449, made up of 238 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 955.15 hectares hectares.

Hewale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hewale village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Dodamarg
Area (hectares)	955.15 hectares
Population	449
Male Population	238
Female Population	211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hewale compares

By the 2011 count Hewale is the 37th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 955.15 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 Hewale

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

Hewale lies about 26 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Thivim, about 31 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 Hewale
Tehsil headquarters	Dodamarg	20 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	26 km
Nearest railway station	Thivim	31 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	34 km

Villages closest to Hewale

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 Hewale

As per the Census of India 2011, Hewale village had a population of 449. That makes it the 37th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Hewale village has 238 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hewale has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Hewale covers 955.15 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.

Hewale falls under Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Hewale is Thivim, about 31 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 Hewale.

Hewale is about 26 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hewale is in Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Dodamarg is about 20 km away. Sindhudurg is about 26 km away. Thivim is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.