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About Karli Village

Karli is a mid sized village in Vengurla tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 663, made up of 303 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,188 females per 1000 males. The village covers 587.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karli village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Vengurla
Pincode 416523
Area (hectares) 587.41 hectares
Population 663
Male Population 303
Female Population 360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,188
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karli compares

By the 2011 count Karli is the 50th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 884 residents. Its 587.41 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, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Karli

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

Karli lies about 45 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Kudal, about 19 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 Karli
Nearest railway station Kudal 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Vengurla 20 km
Nearest town Sāvantvādi 36 km
District headquarters Sindhudurg 45 km

Villages closest to Karli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karli village had a population of 663. That makes it the 50th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 884 residents.

Karli village has 303 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karli has about 1188 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Karli is 416523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karli covers 587.41 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.

Karli falls under Vengurla tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karli is Kudal, about 19 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 Karli.

Karli is about 45 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karli is in Vengurla tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Kudal is about 19 km away. Vengurla is about 20 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chipi (1.7 km), Parule (3.0 km) and Bhogave (4.1 km).

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

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