Sindhudurg district

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Sindhudurg District
District of Maharashtra
Clockwise from top-left: Sindhudurg Fort, sunset at Sawantwadi, Tirlot Bridge, Amboli Ghat, Chivla Beach
Location in Maharashtra
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Konkan
Headquarters	Oros
Talukas	1. Dodamarg, 2. Sawantwadi, 3. Vengurla, 4. Kudal, 5. Malvan, 6. Kankavli, 7. Devgad, 8. Vaibhavwadi
Government
• Body	Sindhudurg Zilla Parishad
• Guardian Minister	Ravindra Chavan (Cabinet Minister MH)
• President Z. P. Sindhudurg	NA
• District Collector	Ms. K. Manjulekshmi (IAS)
• CEO Z. P. Sindhudurg	NA
• MPs	Narayan Rane (Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg)
Area
• Total	5,207 km2 (2,010 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	849,651
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
• Urban	12.59%
Demographics
• Literacy	85.56%
• Sex ratio	1,036
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH-66
Average annual precipitation	3,287 mm
Website	sindhudurg.nic.in/en/

Sindhudurg district (Marathi pronunciation: [sin̪d̪ʱud̪uɾɡə]) is an administrative district of the Konkan division in India, which was carved out of the erstwhile Ratnagiri district. The district headquarters are located at Oros. The district occupies an area of approximately 5,207 km² and has a population of 849,651, of which 12.59% were urban (as of 2011).^[1] As of 2011, it is the least populous district of Maharashtra (out of 36).^[2]