About Shind Village

Shind is a mid sized village in Bhor tehsil, in the district of Pune, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,687, made up of 885 males and 802 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485 hectares hectares.

Shind Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shind village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune
Tehsil	Bhor
Area (hectares)	485 hectares
Population	1,687
Male Population	885
Female Population	802
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shind compares

By the 2011 count Shind is the 21st largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 867 residents. Its 485 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Shind

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

Shind lies about 16 km from Pune, and the nearest railway station is Swargate, about 14 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 Shind
Nearest town	Kharakvasla	11 km
Nearest railway station	Swargate	14 km
District headquarters	Pune	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhor	25 km

Villages closest to Shind

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

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Common questions about Shind

As per the Census of India 2011, Shind village had a population of 1,687. That makes it the 21st largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 867 residents.

Shind village has 885 males and 802 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shind has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Shind covers 485 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shind falls under Bhor tehsil of Pune district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shind is Swargate, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Shind.

Shind is about 16 km from Pune in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shind is in Bhor tehsil of Pune district. Kharakvasla is about 11 km away. Swargate is about 14 km away. Pune is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.