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About Tapovan Village

Tapovan is a mid sized village in Mangrulpir tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,062, made up of 557 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 601.63 hectares hectares.

Tapovan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tapovan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Washim
Tehsil Mangrulpir
Area (hectares) 601.63 hectares
Population 1,062
Male Population 557
Female Population 505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tapovan compares

By the 2011 count Tapovan is the 58th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents. Its 601.63 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Tapovan

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

Tapovan lies about 49 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Karanja, about 6.9 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 Tapovan
Nearest railway station Karanja 6.9 km
Nearest town Kāranja 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Mangrulpir 18 km
District headquarters Washim 49 km

Villages closest to Tapovan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tapovan village had a population of 1,062. That makes it the 58th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents.

Tapovan village has 557 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tapovan has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Tapovan covers 601.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tapovan falls under Mangrulpir tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Tapovan is Karanja, about 6.9 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 km distance for Tapovan.

Tapovan is about 49 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tapovan is in Mangrulpir tehsil of Washim district. Karanja is about 6.9 km away. Kāranja is about 7.1 km away. Mangrulpir is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tuljapur (2.9 km), Chakwa (5.1 km) and Lakhamapur (6.3 km).

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

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