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About Behed Village

Behed is a large village in Niphad tehsil, in the district of Nashik, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,105, made up of 1,092 males and 1,013 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.23 hectares hectares.

Behed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nashik
Tehsil Niphad
Area (hectares) 419.23 hectares
Population 2,105
Male Population 1,092
Female Population 1,013
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Behed compares

By the 2011 count Behed is the 67th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,128 residents. Its 419.23 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Behed

Behed is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Behed as Available within village. 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 Behed from other places

Behed lies about 28 km from Nashik, and the nearest railway station is Kasbe Sukene, about 9.7 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 Behed
Nearest railway station Kasbe Sukene 9.7 km
Nearest town Ozar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Niphad 14 km
District headquarters Nashik 28 km

Villages closest to Behed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behed village had a population of 2,105. That makes it the 67th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,128 residents.

Behed village has 1,092 males and 1,013 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behed has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

Behed covers 419.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Behed falls under Niphad tehsil of Nashik district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Behed is Kasbe Sukene, about 9.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Behed.

Behed is about 28 km from Nashik in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behed is in Niphad tehsil of Nashik district. Kasbe Sukene is about 9.7 km away. Ozar is about 10 km away. Niphad is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pimpalgaon Baswant (1.8 km), Lonwadi (2.8 km) and Narayan Tembhi (3.0 km).

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

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