About Phondaghat Village

Phondaghat is one of the larger villages in Kankavli tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,299, made up of 3,091 males and 3,208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4218.58 hectares hectares.

Phondaghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phondaghat village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Kankavli
Area (hectares)	4218.58 hectares
Population	6,299
Male Population	3,091
Female Population	3,208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phondaghat compares

By the 2011 count Phondaghat is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 4218.58 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Phondaghat

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

Phondaghat lies about 51 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Nandgaon Road, about 6.7 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 Phondaghat
Nearest railway station	Nandgaon Road	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kankavli	15 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	51 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	52 km

Villages closest to Phondaghat

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 Phondaghat

As per the Census of India 2011, Phondaghat village had a population of 6,299. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Phondaghat village has 3,091 males and 3,208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phondaghat has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Phondaghat covers 4218.58 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.

Phondaghat falls under Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Phondaghat is Nandgaon Road, about 6.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Phondaghat.

Phondaghat is about 51 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phondaghat is in Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Nandgaon Road is about 6.7 km away. Kankavli is about 15 km away. Sindhudurg is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.