About Shirdhon Village

Shirdhon is a large village in Kavathemahankal tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,887, made up of 1,527 males and 1,360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 803.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shirdhon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirdhon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Tehsil	Kavathemahankal
Pincode	416419
Area (hectares)	803.02 hectares
Population	2,887
Male Population	1,527
Female Population	1,360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirdhon compares

By the 2011 count Shirdhon is the 19th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,548 residents. Its 803.02 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Shirdhon

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

Shirdhon lies about 32 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Kawathe Mahankal, 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 Shirdhon
Nearest railway station	Kawathe Mahankal	14 km
Nearest town	Tāsgaon	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kavathemahankal	32 km
District headquarters	Sangli	32 km

Villages closest to Shirdhon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirdhon village had a population of 2,887. That makes it the 19th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,548 residents.

Shirdhon village has 1,527 males and 1,360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirdhon has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Shirdhon is 416419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shirdhon covers 803.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shirdhon falls under Kavathemahankal tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shirdhon is Kawathe Mahankal, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Shirdhon.

Shirdhon is about 32 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirdhon is in Kavathemahankal tehsil of Sangli district. Kawathe Mahankal is about 14 km away. Tāsgaon is about 22 km away. Kavathemahankal is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.