Ratnagiri Tehsil - Maharashtra

Ratnagiri is an administrative tehsil in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Ratnagiri is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Bhoke, while the nearest airport is Kolhapur Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 83.5 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 941 km², including 917.49 km² rural area and 23.79 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 1053 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Ratnagiri Tehsil

Ratnagiri Tehsil has a total of 206 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Adi	Rural	Shirgaon
2	Agarnaral	Rural	Agarnaral
3	Agave T. Fungus	Rural	Tarval
4	Ambekarwadi	Rural	Bhoke
5	Ambeshet	Rural	Nachane
6	Are	Rural	Kalbadevi
7	Bagpatole	Rural	Tonade
8	Bajarpeth	Rural	Pali
9	Basani	Rural	Basani
10	Bhagavatinagar	Rural	Bhagwatinagar
11	Bhandarpule	Rural	Nevare
12	Bhandarwada Malgud	Rural	Malgund
13	Bhandarwada Varvade	Rural	Varavade
14	Bhandarwadi	Rural	Gavkhadi
15	Bhatye	Rural	Bhatye
16	Bhaveadom	Rural	Dandeadom
17	Bhoke	Rural	Bhoke
18	Bolewadi	Rural	Kalbadevi
19	Bondye	Rural	Bondye
20	Chafe	Rural	Chafe
21	Chaferi	Rural	Chaferi
22	Chanderai	Rural	Chanderai
23	Chandor	Rural	Chandor
24	Charveli	Rural	Chrveli
25	Chave	Rural	Chave
26	Chikhalwadi	Rural	Devood
27	Chinchkhari	Rural	Someshwar
28	Chindravali	Rural	Chindravali
29	Dabhilambere	Rural	Dorle
30	Dandeadom	Rural	Dandeadom
31	Dangewadi	Rural	Hatkhamba
32	Dewood	Rural	Devood
33	Dhamanse	Rural	Dhamanase
34	Dhanawadewadi	Rural	Karbude
35	Dhokambale	Rural	Kotavade
36	Dhopatwadi	Rural	Golap
37	Dorle	Rural	Dorle
38	Dugave	Rural	Kurtade
39	Gadnaral	Rural	Gadnaral
40	Ganapatipule	Rural	Ganapatipule
41	Ganeshgule	Rural	Ganeshegule
42	Gaonkhadi	Rural	Gavkhadi
43	Gavade Ambere	Rural	Gavadeambere
44	Ghavaliwadi	Rural	Panval
45	Golap	Rural	Golap
46	Harchiri	Rural	Harchiri
47	Hatis	Rural	Tembhye
48	Hatkhamba	Rural	Hatkhamba
49	Ibrahimpattan	Rural	Chanderai
50	Jaigad	Rural	Jaigad
51	Jakimirya	Rural	Mirya
52	Jamatwadi	Rural	Jambhari
53	Jambhari	Rural	Jambhari
54	Jambharun	Rural	Jambharun
55	Jambhulaad	Rural	Mervi
56	Junafansop	Rural	Fansop
57	Juve	Rural	Karla
58	Kachare	Rural	Nandivade
59	Kajarekond	Rural	Karbude
60	Kajirbhati	Rural	Nevare
61	Kalbadevi	Rural	Kalbadevi
62	Kalzondi	Rural	Kalzondi
63	Kamblelavgan	Rural	Satkondi
64	Kapadgaon	Rural	Kapadgaon
65	Kapilvastu	Rural	Karbude
66	Karabudekond	Rural	Karbude
67	Karbude	Rural	Karbude
68	Karle Mu. Aat	Rural	Karla
69	Karwanchiwadi	Rural	Pomendi Bk.
70	Kasari	Rural	Kasari
71	Kasarveli	Rural	Kasarveli
72	Kasheli	Rural	Kasheli
73	Kasop	Rural	Fansop
74	Kelye	Rural	Kelye
75	Kerle Myu. Baher	Rural	Kotavade
76	Khalgaon	Rural	Khalgaon
77	Khanu	Rural	Khanu
78	Kharavate	Rural	Kharvate
79	Kharviwada Jambhari	Rural	Varavade
80	Kharviwada Varvade	Rural	Jambhari
81	Khedshi	Rural	Khedshi
82	Killeratnagiri	Urban	Not applicable
83	Kolambe	Rural	Kolambe
84	Kolisare	Rural	Gadnaral
85	Kond	Rural	Fansavale
86	Kondgaon	Rural	Kasheli
87	Kondkhandkar	Rural	Kurtade
88	Kondvi	Rural	Chindravali
89	Kotavade	Rural	Kotavade
90	Kotharewadi	Rural	Kapadgaon
91	Kotharwadi	Rural	Velvand
92	Kumbharwada	Rural	Karbude
93	Kunbiwadi	Rural	Nandivade
94	Kurdhe	Rural	Mervi
95	Kurtade	Rural	Kurtade
96	Kuwarbav	Rural	Kuwarbav
97	Lajul Gonbarewadi	Rural	Lajul
98	Machivalewadi	Rural	Tarval
99	Madhaliwadi	Rural	Mirjole
100	Madhaliwadi Fanasvale	Rural	Vetoshi
101	Majgaon	Rural	Majgaon
102	Malgund	Rural	Malgund
103	Marathawadi Malgund	Rural	Pali
104	Marathewadi	Rural	Valke
105	Marathwada	Rural	Saitavade
106	Marathwadi	Rural	Varavade
107	Marathwadi Saitavade	Rural	Malgund
108	Mavlunge	Rural	Mavlunge
109	Mayangadewadi	Rural	Tarval
110	Mayekarwadi	Rural	Kalbadevi
111	Mervi	Rural	Mervi
112	Mhamurwadi	Rural	Kasarveli
113	Miravane	Rural	Watad
114	Mirjole	Rural	Mirjole
115	Mirya	Rural	Mirya
116	Mulgaon	Rural	Karbude
117	Musalimwadi Golap	Rural	Golap
118	Musalmanwadi	Rural	Golap
119	Musalmanwadi Karle	Rural	Karla
120	Musalmanwadi Shirgaon	Rural	Shirgaon
121	Muslimwadi	Rural	Gavkhadi
122	Nachane Mu Baher	Rural	Nachane
123	Nachane Mu. Ata	Rural	Nachane
124	Nagalewadi	Rural	Chrveli
125	Nakhare	Rural	Nakhare
126	Nalewathar	Rural	Pawas
127	Nandivade	Rural	Nandivade
128	Nanij	Rural	Nanij
129	Narme	Rural	Lajul
130	Narsinge	Rural	Bondye
131	Natunde	Rural	Mavlunge
132	Navasomeshwar	Rural	Someshwar
133	Navet	Rural	Harchiri
134	Nevare	Rural	Nevare
135	Nirool	Rural	Nirul
136	Nivali	Rural	Nivali
137	Nivendi	Rural	Neevendi
138	Ori	Rural	Ori
139	Padavewadi	Rural	Mirjole
140	Pali	Rural	Pali
141	Panhali	Rural	Satkondi
142	Panval	Rural	Panval
143	Patharat	Rural	Pali
144	Pavas	Rural	Pawas
145	Pethpurnagad	Rural	Purnagad
146	Pethshivapur	Urban	Not applicable
147	Phanasavale	Rural	Fansavale
148	Phansop	Rural	Fansop
149	Pirdavane	Rural	Pirdavane
150	Pomendi Bk.	Rural	Pomendi Bk.
151	Pomendi Kh.	Rural	Pomendi Kd.
152	Purnagad	Rural	Purnagad
153	Rahatagar	Rural	Malgund
154	Rahataghar Ratnagiri	Urban	Not applicable
155	Rai	Rural	Rai
156	Ranpar	Rural	Golap
157	Ranpat	Rural	Ranpat
158	Ravnangwadi	Rural	Nivali
159	Ril	Rural	Ril
160	Sadye	Rural	Pirdavane
161	Saitavade	Rural	Saitavade
162	Sakharmohalla	Rural	Sakharmohalla
163	Sakhartar	Rural	Kasarveli
164	Sandelavagan	Rural	Kasari
165	Sandkhol	Rural	Nandivade
166	Sarfarewadi	Rural	Nanij
167	Sathare	Rural	Sathare
168	Satkondi	Rural	Satkondi
169	Sheel	Rural	Mirjole
170	Shirgaon	Rural	Shirgaon
171	Shivarambere	Rural	Shivarambere
172	Someshwar	Rural	Someshwar
173	Talekarwadi	Rural	Neevendi
174	Taliwadi	Rural	Chandor
175	Tarwal	Rural	Tarval
176	Tarwewadi	Rural	Hatkhamba
177	Tembhye	Rural	Tembhye
178	Thikanbehere	Rural	Mervi
179	Thikanchandradev	Rural	Mervi
180	Thikandatye	Rural	Mirjole
181	Thikansoman	Rural	Mervi
182	Thikwadi	Rural	Nirul
183	Thombarewadi	Rural	Sathare
184	Tike	Rural	Tike
185	Tiwandewadi	Rural	Shirgaon
186	Tonade	Rural	Tonade
187	Ukshi	Rural	Ukshi
188	Umare	Rural	Umare
189	Umbarwadi	Rural	Kotavade
190	Undi	Rural	Ril
191	Vaidyalavagan	Rural	Gadnaral
192	Valke	Rural	Valke
193	Varavade	Rural	Varavade
194	Vedarewadi	Rural	Karbude
195	Velvand	Rural	Velvand
196	Vetoshi	Rural	Vetoshi
197	Vetoshi Khalchiwadi	Rural	Vetoshi
198	Vetoshi Madhliwadi	Rural	Fansavale
199	Vilaye	Rural	Veelye
200	Wadajun	Rural	Pirdavane
201	Wadamirya	Rural	Sadamirya
202	Watad	Rural	Watad
203	Wayangani	Rural	Golap
204	Zadgaon Mu. Aat	Rural	Shirgaon
205	Zadgaon Mu. Baher	Rural	Shirgaon
206	Zarewadi	Rural	Zarewadi

Population of Ratnagiri Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Ratnagiri Tehsil has a total population of 3,19,449 people, consisting of 1,55,575 males and 1,63,874 females. There are 74,137 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 339 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	3,19,449	2,12,850	1,06,599
Male Population	1,55,575	1,02,847	52,728
Female Population	1,63,874	1,10,003	53,871
Total Households	74,137	49,234	24,903
Population Density	339 / km²	232 / km²	4,481 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 2,51,054 literate people and 31,099 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 13,856 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1,203 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	31,099	20,258	10,841
Literate Population	2,51,054	1,62,656	88,398
Illiterate Population	68,395	50,194	18,201
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	13,856	11,123	2,733
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	1,203	487	716

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Ratnagiri (रत्नागिरि)
District	Ratnagiri
State / UT	Maharashtra
Railway Station	Bhoke
Total Area	941 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	1053
Total Population (2011)	3,19,449
Density	339/km²
Total Villages	206

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