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About Main Village

Main is a mid sized village in Kankavli tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,206, made up of 620 males and 586 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 808.77 hectares hectares.

Main Overview

Census 2011 figures for Main village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Kankavli
Area (hectares) 808.77 hectares
Population 1,206
Male Population 620
Female Population 586
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Main compares

By the 2011 count Main is the 32nd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 808.77 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Main

Main is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Main as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Main from other places

Main lies about 46 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Kankavali, about 5.3 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 Main
Tehsil headquarters Kankavli 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Kankavali 5.3 km
Nearest town Sāvantvādi 46 km
District headquarters Sindhudurg 46 km

Villages closest to Main

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Main village had a population of 1,206. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Main village has 620 males and 586 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Main has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Main covers 808.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Main falls under Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Main is Kankavali, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Main.

Main is about 46 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Main is in Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Kankavli is about 4.9 km away. Kankavali is about 5.3 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sangave (3.6 km), Karul (4.2 km) and Rameshwarnagar (4.4 km).

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

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