About Sawarwad Village

Sawarwad is a mid sized village in Sawantwadi tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,231, made up of 644 males and 587 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 644.4 hectares hectares.

Sawarwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawarwad village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Sawantwadi
Area (hectares)	644.4 hectares
Population	1,231
Male Population	644
Female Population	587
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawarwad compares

By the 2011 count Sawarwad is the 39th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 644.4 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1043.

Getting to Sawarwad

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

Sawarwad lies about 27 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Pernem, about 1.6 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 Sawarwad
Nearest railway station	Pernem	1.6 km
Nearest town	Mapusa	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sawantwadi	21 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	27 km

Villages closest to Sawarwad

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 Sawarwad

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawarwad village had a population of 1,231. That makes it the 39th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Sawarwad village has 644 males and 587 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawarwad has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1043.

Sawarwad covers 644.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sawarwad falls under Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sawarwad is Pernem, about 1.6 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 Sawarwad.

Sawarwad is about 27 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawarwad is in Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Pernem is about 1.6 km away. Mapusa is about 14 km away. Sawantwadi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.