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About Shilonde Village

Shilonde is a large village in Dahanu tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,512, made up of 1,224 males and 1,288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1114.48 hectares hectares.

Shilonde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shilonde village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Dahanu
Area (hectares) 1114.48 hectares
Population 2,512
Male Population 1,224
Female Population 1,288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,052
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shilonde compares

By the 2011 count Shilonde is the 38th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents. Its 1114.48 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Shilonde

Shilonde is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shilonde 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. The nearest villages by name are Sasvand, Sawata, Saye and Shelti. 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 Shilonde

As per the Census of India 2011, Shilonde village had a population of 2,512. That makes it the 38th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents.

Shilonde village has 1,224 males and 1,288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shilonde has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1033.

Shilonde covers 1114.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shilonde falls under Dahanu tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Shilonde notes the nearest railway station 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 Shilonde.

Shilonde is in Dahanu tehsil of Thane 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 Shilonde today is likely to be higher.

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