About Sheer Village

Sheer is a mid sized village in Guhagar tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,403, made up of 505 males and 898 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1815 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415724, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sheer Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sheer village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Guhagar
Pincode	415724
Area (hectares)	1815 hectares
Population	1,403
Male Population	505
Female Population	898
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,778
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sheer compares

By the 2011 count Sheer is the 25th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 1815 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1367.

Getting to Sheer

Sheer is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sheer 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 Rohile, Sakhari Agar, Sakhari Bk and Sakhari Kh. 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.

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Common questions about Sheer

As per the Census of India 2011, Sheer village had a population of 1,403. That makes it the 25th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Sheer village has 505 males and 898 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sheer has about 1778 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1367.

The pincode recorded for Sheer is 415724. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sheer covers 1815 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sheer falls under Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Sheer 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 Sheer.

Sheer is in Guhagar 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.