About Shirale Village

Shirale is a small village in Vaibhavvadi tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 101 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,267 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1189.66 hectares hectares.

Shirale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirale village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Vaibhavvadi
Area (hectares)	1189.66 hectares
Population	229
Male Population	101
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,267
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirale compares

By the 2011 count Shirale is the 55th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 743 residents. Its 1189.66 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1159.

Getting to Shirale

Shirale is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shirale as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Shirale from other places

Shirale lies about 18 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Madure, about 17 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 Shirale
Nearest railway station	Madure	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vaibhavvadi	18 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	18 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	21 km

Villages closest to Shirale

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 Shirale

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirale village had a population of 229. That makes it the 55th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 743 residents.

Shirale village has 101 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirale has about 1267 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

Shirale covers 1189.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shirale falls under Vaibhavvadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shirale is Madure, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shirale.

Shirale is about 18 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirale is in Vaibhavvadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Madure is about 17 km away. Vaibhavvadi is about 18 km away. Sindhudurg is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.