About Shiroda Village

Shiroda is a mid sized village in Vengurla tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,945, made up of 963 males and 982 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.54 hectares hectares.

Shiroda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shiroda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Vengurla
Area (hectares)	79.54 hectares
Population	1,945
Male Population	963
Female Population	982
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shiroda compares

By the 2011 count Shiroda is the 5th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 884 residents. Its 79.54 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Shiroda

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

Shiroda lies about 31 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Madure, 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 Shiroda
Tehsil headquarters	Vengurla	12 km
Nearest railway station	Madure	14 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	21 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	31 km

Villages closest to Shiroda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shiroda village had a population of 1,945. That makes it the 5th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 884 residents.

Shiroda village has 963 males and 982 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shiroda has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Shiroda covers 79.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Shiroda falls under Vengurla tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shiroda is Madure, 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 10+ km distance for Shiroda.

Shiroda is about 31 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shiroda is in Vengurla tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Vengurla is about 12 km away. Madure is about 14 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.