About Bav Village

Bav is a mid sized village in Kudal tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,332, made up of 657 males and 675 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 536.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416520, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bav Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bav village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Kudal
Pincode	416520
Area (hectares)	536.27 hectares
Population	1,332
Male Population	657
Female Population	675
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bav compares

By the 2011 count Bav is the 29th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 536.27 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Bav

Bav is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bav 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bav from other places

Bav lies about 28 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Kankavali, about 18 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 Bav
Nearest railway station	Kankavali	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kudal	26 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	28 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	31 km

Villages closest to Bav

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.

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Common questions about Bav

As per the Census of India 2011, Bav village had a population of 1,332. That makes it the 29th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Bav village has 657 males and 675 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bav has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Bav is 416520. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bav covers 536.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bav falls under Kudal tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Bav is Kankavali, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Bav.

Bav is about 28 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bav is in Kudal tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Kankavali is about 18 km away. Kudal is about 26 km away. Sindhudurg is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.