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About Ramtek Village

Ramtek is a small village in Karanja tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 374, made up of 199 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.21 hectares hectares.

Ramtek Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ramtek village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Washim
Tehsil Karanja
Area (hectares) 277.21 hectares
Population 374
Male Population 199
Female Population 175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ramtek compares

By the 2011 count Ramtek is the 107th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 277.21 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Ramtek

Ramtek is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ramtek as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ramtek from other places

Ramtek lies about 83 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Kuram, about 12 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 Ramtek
Nearest railway station Kuram 12 km
Nearest town Murtajāpur 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Karanja 28 km
District headquarters Washim 83 km

Villages closest to Ramtek

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ramtek village had a population of 374. That makes it the 107th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Ramtek village has 199 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ramtek has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Ramtek covers 277.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ramtek falls under Karanja tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ramtek is Kuram, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ramtek.

Ramtek is about 83 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ramtek is in Karanja tehsil of Washim district. Kuram is about 12 km away. Murtajāpur is about 27 km away. Karanja is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hinganwadi (under 2 km), Rahati (2.1 km) and Amboda (3.1 km).

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

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