About Kunkeri Village

Kunkeri is a mid sized village in Sawantwadi tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,511, made up of 754 males and 757 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1249 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416510, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kunkeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kunkeri village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Sawantwadi
Pincode	416510
Area (hectares)	1249 hectares
Population	1,511
Male Population	754
Female Population	757
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kunkeri compares

By the 2011 count Kunkeri is the 30th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 1249 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1043.

Getting to Kunkeri

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

Kunkeri lies about 9.6 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Sawantwadi Road, about 10 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 Kunkeri
Tehsil headquarters	Sawantwadi	4.7 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	4.7 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Sawantwadi Road	10 km

Villages closest to Kunkeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kunkeri village had a population of 1,511. That makes it the 30th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Kunkeri village has 754 males and 757 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kunkeri has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1043.

The pincode recorded for Kunkeri is 416510. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kunkeri covers 1249 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kunkeri falls under Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kunkeri is Sawantwadi Road, about 10 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 Kunkeri.

Kunkeri is about 9.6 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kunkeri is in Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sawantwadi is about 4.7 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 4.7 km away. Sindhudurg is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.