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About Bilvas Village

Bilvas is a mid sized village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 272 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374.69 hectares hectares.

Bilvas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bilvas village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Malwan
Area (hectares) 374.69 hectares
Population 559
Male Population 272
Female Population 287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,055
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bilvas compares

By the 2011 count Bilvas is the 64th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 374.69 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Bilvas

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

How far is Bilvas from other places

Bilvas lies about 10 km from Malwan, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 17 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 Bilvas
Tehsil headquarters Malwan 10 km
Nearest railway station Sindhudurg 17 km
Nearest town Sāvantvādi 40 km

Villages closest to Bilvas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bilvas village had a population of 559. That makes it the 64th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Bilvas village has 272 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bilvas has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1067.

Bilvas covers 374.69 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.

Bilvas falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Bilvas is Sindhudurg, about 17 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 km distance for Bilvas.

Bilvas is about 10 km from Malwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bilvas is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Malwan is about 10 km away. Sindhudurg is about 17 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anganewadi (1.7 km), Bhogalewadi (1.7 km) and Malgaon (2.5 km).

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

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