About Poip Village

Poip is a mid sized village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,546, made up of 769 males and 777 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1468.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416622, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poip Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poip village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Malwan
Pincode	416622
Area (hectares)	1468.62 hectares
Population	1,546
Male Population	769
Female Population	777
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Poip compares

By the 2011 count Poip is the 13th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 1468.62 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Poip

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

Poip lies about 18 km from Malwan, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 12 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 Poip
Nearest railway station	Sindhudurg	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malwan	18 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	39 km

Villages closest to Poip

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 Poip

As per the Census of India 2011, Poip village had a population of 1,546. That makes it the 13th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Poip village has 769 males and 777 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poip has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Poip is 416622. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poip covers 1468.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Poip falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Poip is Sindhudurg, about 12 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 Poip.

Poip is about 18 km from Malwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poip is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sindhudurg is about 12 km away. Malwan is about 18 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.