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About Drug Village

Drug is a small village in Kalamb tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 195 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1303.12 hectares hectares.

Drug Overview

Census 2011 figures for Drug village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Kalamb
Area (hectares) 1303.12 hectares
Population 393
Male Population 195
Female Population 198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Drug compares

By the 2011 count Drug is the 74th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 839 residents. Its 1303.12 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Drug

Drug is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Drug as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Drug from other places

Drug lies about 22 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Yavatmal 1, about 24 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 Drug
Tehsil headquarters Kalamb 6.4 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 22 km
Nearest town Yavatmāl 22 km
Nearest railway station Yavatmal 1 24 km

Villages closest to Drug

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Drug village had a population of 393. That makes it the 74th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 839 residents.

Drug village has 195 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Drug has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Drug covers 1303.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Drug falls under Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Drug is Yavatmal 1, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Drug.

Drug is about 22 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Drug is in Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district. Kalamb is about 6.4 km away. Yavatmal is about 22 km away. Yavatmāl is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarapdhari (1.6 km), Dattapur (3.2 km) and Karak (3.2 km).

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

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