About Otav Village

Otav is a mid sized village in Kankavli tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 619, made up of 300 males and 319 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 624.81 hectares hectares.

Otav Overview

Census 2011 figures for Otav village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Kankavli
Area (hectares)	624.81 hectares
Population	619
Male Population	300
Female Population	319
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Otav compares

By the 2011 count Otav is the 63rd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 624.81 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Otav

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

Otav lies about 54 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Nandgaon Road, about 8.0 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 Otav
Nearest railway station	Nandgaon Road	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kankavli	11 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	52 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	54 km

Villages closest to Otav

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.

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Common questions about Otav

As per the Census of India 2011, Otav village had a population of 619. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Otav village has 300 males and 319 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Otav has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

Otav covers 624.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Otav falls under Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Otav is Nandgaon Road, about 8.0 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 Otav.

Otav is about 54 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Otav is in Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Nandgaon Road is about 8.0 km away. Kankavli is about 11 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.