Oros

Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Oros is a town and the district headquarters of the Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. It is also known as "Sindhudurgnagari". Most people of this region speak Malvani, a dialect of Konkani. Sindhudurgnagari is planned town of Oros Budruk. Oros budruk as it is called is connected by road National Highway 66 to Mumbai, Thane, Goa, Karwar and Mangaluru. Sindhudurg railway station on Konkan Railway route is the nearest railway station. Oros houses District collector office, Zilla Parishad office, District court. and District Hospital and other state government offices. The Orus town has a few banks, petrol pumps to serve the population of town and visitors. There is a MSRTC bus stand.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

J

Jagannath Raghunath Aajgaokar

Marathi writer, biographer of Marathi poet saints

Ashish Shelar

Indian politician

Vinayak Raut

Indian politician

A

Anand Parab

Manager

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Maharashtra

• Kudal
  7.6 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Kankavali
  10.3 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Sawantwadi
  16.2 mi away · pop. 48,000
• Malvan
  16.5 mi away
• Vengurla
  18.3 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Banda
  23.3 mi away
• Devgad
  28.3 mi away
• Gargoti
  32.1 mi away
• Chandgad
  33.6 mi away
• Vijaydurg
  38.8 mi away
• Rajapur
  39.2 mi away · pop. 10,499
• Gadahinglaj
  43.4 mi away · pop. 27,100

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Oros

Wilensky Fine Minerals, Vol. 3

Stuart Wilensky · 2009

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Pigmy Skimmer

Tetrathemis platyptera

Seen 2026-09-19

Nausinoe perspectata

Nausinoe perspectata

Seen 2026-09-17

Lime Swallowtail

Papilio demoleus

Seen 2026-09-15

Indian Sundew

Drosera indica

Seen 2026-09-07

Indian Flying Fox

Pteropus medius

Seen 2026-09-06

flame lily

Gloriosa superba

Seen 2026-09-06

Rosy balsam

Impatiens rosea

Seen 2026-08-27

Western Golden Dartlet

Ischnura rubilio

Seen 2026-08-26

White-bellied Drongo

Dicrurus caerulescens

Seen 2026-08-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).