About Usap Village

Usap is a mid sized village in Dodamarg tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,180, made up of 532 males and 648 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,218 females per 1000 males. The village covers 924.66 hectares hectares.

Usap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Usap village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Dodamarg
Area (hectares)	924.66 hectares
Population	1,180
Male Population	532
Female Population	648
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,218
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Usap compares

By the 2011 count Usap is the 15th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 924.66 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Usap

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

Usap lies about 31 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Thivim, about 5.6 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 Usap
Nearest railway station	Thivim	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dodamarg	5.8 km
Nearest town	Mapusa	14 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	31 km

Villages closest to Usap

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 Usap

As per the Census of India 2011, Usap village had a population of 1,180. That makes it the 15th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Usap village has 532 males and 648 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Usap has about 1218 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1040.

Usap covers 924.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Usap falls under Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Usap is Thivim, about 5.6 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 Usap.

Usap is about 31 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Usap is in Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Thivim is about 5.6 km away. Dodamarg is about 5.8 km away. Mapusa is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.