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About Niravade Village

Niravade is a large village in Sawantwadi tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,927, made up of 1,460 males and 1,467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1428.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416510, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Niravade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Niravade village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Sawantwadi
Pincode 416510
Area (hectares) 1428.41 hectares
Population 2,927
Male Population 1,460
Female Population 1,467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Niravade compares

By the 2011 count Niravade is the 6th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 1428.41 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1043.

Getting to Niravade

Niravade is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Niravade 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Niravade from other places

Niravade lies about 25 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Thivim, about 21 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 Niravade
Nearest railway station Thivim 21 km
District headquarters Sindhudurg 25 km
Nearest town Mapusa 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Sawantwadi 29 km

Villages closest to Niravade

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.

Common questions about Niravade

As per the Census of India 2011, Niravade village had a population of 2,927. That makes it the 6th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Niravade village has 1,460 males and 1,467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Niravade has about 1005 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 Niravade is 416510. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Niravade covers 1428.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Niravade falls under Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Niravade is Thivim, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Niravade.

Niravade is about 25 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Niravade is in Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Thivim is about 21 km away. Sindhudurg is about 25 km away. Mapusa is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fansavade (under 2 km), Talavade (under 2 km) and Vilavade (under 2 km).

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

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