About Het Village

Het is a mid sized village in Vaibhavvadi tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,222, made up of 625 males and 597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 846 hectares hectares.

Het Overview

Census 2011 figures for Het village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Vaibhavvadi
Area (hectares)	846 hectares
Population	1,222
Male Population	625
Female Population	597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Het compares

By the 2011 count Het is the 9th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 743 residents. Its 846 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Het

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

Het lies about 30 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Thivim, about 19 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 Het
Nearest railway station	Thivim	19 km
Nearest town	Mapusa	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vaibhavvadi	30 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	30 km

Villages closest to Het

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Het village had a population of 1,222. That makes it the 9th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 743 residents.

Het village has 625 males and 597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Het has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Het covers 846 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Het falls under Vaibhavvadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Het is Thivim, about 19 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 Het.

Het is about 30 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Het is in Vaibhavvadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Thivim is about 19 km away. Mapusa is about 27 km away. Vaibhavvadi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.