About Shirshi Village

Shirshi is a mid sized village in Khed tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,133, made up of 554 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415727, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shirshi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirshi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Khed
Pincode	415727
Area (hectares)	268.17 hectares
Population	1,133
Male Population	554
Female Population	579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirshi compares

By the 2011 count Shirshi is the 38th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 268.17 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Getting to Shirshi

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

Shirshi lies about 74 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Anjani, about 3.8 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 Shirshi
Nearest railway station	Anjani	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khed	7.5 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	19 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	74 km

Villages closest to Shirshi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirshi village had a population of 1,133. That makes it the 38th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Shirshi village has 554 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirshi has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

The pincode recorded for Shirshi is 415727. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shirshi covers 268.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shirshi falls under Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shirshi is Anjani, about 3.8 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 Shirshi.

Shirshi is about 74 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirshi is in Khed tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Anjani is about 3.8 km away. Khed is about 7.5 km away. Chiplūn is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.