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About Valane Village

Valane is a mid sized village in Mulshi tehsil, in the district of Pune, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 632, made up of 337 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 544 hectares hectares.

Valane Overview

Census 2011 figures for Valane village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Pune
Tehsil Mulshi
Area (hectares) 544 hectares
Population 632
Male Population 337
Female Population 295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Valane compares

By the 2011 count Valane is the 69th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,017 residents. Its 544 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Valane

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

Valane lies about 36 km from Pune, and the nearest railway station is Megapolis Circle, about 19 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 Valane
Tehsil headquarters Mulshi 4.4 km
Nearest railway station Megapolis Circle 19 km
Nearest town Lonavla 26 km
District headquarters Pune 36 km

Villages closest to Valane

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Valane village had a population of 632. That makes it the 69th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,017 residents.

Valane village has 337 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Valane has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Valane covers 544 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Valane falls under Mulshi tehsil of Pune district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Valane is Megapolis Circle, about 19 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 Valane.

Valane is about 36 km from Pune in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Valane is in Mulshi tehsil of Pune district. Mulshi is about 4.4 km away. Megapolis Circle is about 19 km away. Lonavla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sambhave (under 2 km), Disali (1.9 km) and Bhadas Bk (2.2 km).

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

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