About Ghumade Village

Ghumade is a mid sized village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 511, made up of 266 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghumade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghumade village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Malwan
Pincode	416606
Area (hectares)	232.72 hectares
Population	511
Male Population	266
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghumade compares

By the 2011 count Ghumade is the 68th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 232.72 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Ghumade

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

Ghumade lies about 3.6 km from Malwan, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 20 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 Ghumade
Tehsil headquarters	Malwan	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Sindhudurg	20 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	40 km

Villages closest to Ghumade

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.

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Common questions about Ghumade

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghumade village had a population of 511. That makes it the 68th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Ghumade village has 266 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghumade has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Ghumade is 416606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghumade covers 232.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghumade falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ghumade is Sindhudurg, about 20 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 Ghumade.

Ghumade is about 3.6 km from Malwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghumade is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Malwan is about 3.6 km away. Sindhudurg is about 20 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.