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About Shirseshwar Village

Shirseshwar is a mid sized village in Dapoli tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 520, made up of 235 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,213 females per 1000 males. The village covers 515 hectares hectares.

Shirseshwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirseshwar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Dapoli
Area (hectares) 515 hectares
Population 520
Male Population 235
Female Population 285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,213
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirseshwar compares

By the 2011 count Shirseshwar is the 100th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 515 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1293.

Getting to Shirseshwar

Shirseshwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shirseshwar 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. The nearest villages by name are Shiravane, Shirde, Shirkenagar and Shirkhal. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Shirseshwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirseshwar village had a population of 520. That makes it the 100th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Shirseshwar village has 235 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirseshwar has about 1213 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1293.

Shirseshwar covers 515 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shirseshwar falls under Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Shirseshwar notes the nearest railway station 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 Shirseshwar.

Shirseshwar is in Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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