About Tawa Village

Tawa is a mid sized village in Dahanu tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,905, made up of 1,133 males and 772 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 681 females per 1000 males. The village covers 515 hectares hectares.

Tawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tawa village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Dahanu
Area (hectares)	515 hectares
Population	1,905
Male Population	1,133
Female Population	772
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	681
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tawa compares

By the 2011 count Tawa is the 67th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents. Its 515 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Tawa

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

Tawa lies about 75 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Vangaon, 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 Tawa
Nearest railway station	Vangaon	19 km
Nearest town	Boisar	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dahanu	27 km
District headquarters	Thane	75 km

Villages closest to Tawa

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 Tawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Tawa village had a population of 1,905. That makes it the 67th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents.

Tawa village has 1,133 males and 772 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tawa has about 681 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Tawa covers 515 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tawa falls under Dahanu tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Tawa is Vangaon, 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 Tawa.

Tawa is about 75 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tawa is in Dahanu tehsil of Thane district. Vangaon is about 19 km away. Boisar is about 21 km away. Dahanu is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.