About Kava Village

Kava is a small village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 460, made up of 211 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,180 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416608, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kava Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kava village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Malwan
Pincode	416608
Area (hectares)	249.75 hectares
Population	460
Male Population	211
Female Population	249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,180
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kava compares

By the 2011 count Kava is the 78th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 249.75 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Kava

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

Kava lies about 13 km from Malwan, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 11 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 Kava
Nearest railway station	Sindhudurg	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malwan	13 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	33 km

Villages closest to Kava

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 Kava

As per the Census of India 2011, Kava village had a population of 460. That makes it the 78th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Kava village has 211 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kava has about 1180 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Kava is 416608. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kava covers 249.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kava falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kava is Sindhudurg, about 11 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 Kava.

Kava is about 13 km from Malwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kava is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sindhudurg is about 11 km away. Malwan is about 13 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.