About Vankas Village

Vankas is a large village in Dahanu tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,019, made up of 1,903 males and 2,116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,112 females per 1000 males. The village covers 870 hectares hectares.

Vankas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vankas village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Dahanu
Area (hectares)	870 hectares
Population	4,019
Male Population	1,903
Female Population	2,116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,112
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vankas compares

By the 2011 count Vankas is the 15th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents. Its 870 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Vankas

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

Vankas lies about 98 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Umbergaon Road, about 14 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 Vankas
Nearest railway station	Umbergaon Road	14 km
Nearest town	Umargām	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dahanu	22 km
District headquarters	Thane	98 km

Villages closest to Vankas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Vankas village had a population of 4,019. That makes it the 15th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents.

Vankas village has 1,903 males and 2,116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vankas has about 1112 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Vankas covers 870 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Vankas falls under Dahanu tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Vankas is Umbergaon Road, about 14 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 Vankas.

Vankas is about 98 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vankas is in Dahanu tehsil of Thane district. Umbergaon Road is about 14 km away. Umargām is about 20 km away. Dahanu is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.