About Modgaon Village

Modgaon is one of the larger villages in Dahanu tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,360, made up of 2,576 males and 2,784 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2034.13 hectares hectares.

Modgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Modgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Dahanu
Area (hectares)	2034.13 hectares
Population	5,360
Male Population	2,576
Female Population	2,784
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Modgaon compares

By the 2011 count Modgaon is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents. Its 2034.13 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 Modgaon

Modgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Modgaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Modgaon from other places

Modgaon lies about 97 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Sanjan, 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 Modgaon
Nearest railway station	Sanjan	21 km
Nearest town	Silvassa	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dahanu	30 km
District headquarters	Thane	97 km

Villages closest to Modgaon

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 Modgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Modgaon village had a population of 5,360. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents.

Modgaon village has 2,576 males and 2,784 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Modgaon has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Modgaon covers 2034.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Modgaon falls under Dahanu tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Modgaon is Sanjan, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Modgaon.

Modgaon is about 97 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Modgaon is in Dahanu tehsil of Thane district. Sanjan is about 21 km away. Silvassa is about 23 km away. Dahanu is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.