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About Avalegaon Village

Avalegaon is a mid sized village in Kudal tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 782, made up of 378 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 592.88 hectares hectares.

Avalegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Avalegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Kudal
Area (hectares) 592.88 hectares
Population 782
Male Population 378
Female Population 404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Avalegaon compares

By the 2011 count Avalegaon is the 85th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 592.88 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Avalegaon

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

Avalegaon lies about 14 km from Kudal, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 8.3 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 Avalegaon
Nearest railway station Sindhudurg 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Kudal 14 km
Nearest town Sāvantvādi 24 km

Villages closest to Avalegaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Avalegaon village had a population of 782. That makes it the 85th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Avalegaon village has 378 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Avalegaon has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1034.

Avalegaon covers 592.88 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.

Avalegaon falls under Kudal tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Avalegaon is Sindhudurg, about 8.3 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 Avalegaon.

Avalegaon is about 14 km from Kudal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Avalegaon is in Kudal tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sindhudurg is about 8.3 km away. Kudal is about 14 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gavalgaon (under 2 km), Kusabe (4.9 km) and Pokharan (6.8 km).

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

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