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About Sherpe Village

Sherpe is a mid sized village in Kankavli tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 894, made up of 385 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,322 females per 1000 males. The village covers 683.05 hectares hectares.

Sherpe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpe village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Kankavli
Area (hectares) 683.05 hectares
Population 894
Male Population 385
Female Population 509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,322
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Sherpe compares

By the 2011 count Sherpe is the 51st largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 683.05 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1082.

Getting to Sherpe

Sherpe is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sherpe as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Sambhajinagar, Sangave, Satral and Savdav. 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 Sherpe

As per the Census of India 2011, Sherpe village had a population of 894. That makes it the 51st largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Sherpe village has 385 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpe has about 1322 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Sherpe covers 683.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sherpe falls under Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Sherpe notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sherpe.

Sherpe is in Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg 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 Sherpe today is likely to be higher.

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