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About Borsheti Village

Borsheti is a mid sized village in Palghar tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,949, made up of 974 males and 975 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 539.97 hectares hectares.

Borsheti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Borsheti village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Palghar
Area (hectares) 539.97 hectares
Population 1,949
Male Population 974
Female Population 975
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,001
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Borsheti compares

By the 2011 count Borsheti is the 52nd largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 539.97 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Borsheti

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

Borsheti lies about 70 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Boisar, about 9.3 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 Borsheti
Nearest railway station Boisar 9.3 km
Nearest town Khaira 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Palghar 16 km
District headquarters Thane 70 km

Villages closest to Borsheti

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

Common questions about Borsheti

As per the Census of India 2011, Borsheti village had a population of 1,949. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Borsheti village has 974 males and 975 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Borsheti has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Borsheti covers 539.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Borsheti falls under Palghar tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Borsheti is Boisar, about 9.3 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 Borsheti.

Borsheti is about 70 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Borsheti is in Palghar tehsil of Thane district. Boisar is about 9.3 km away. Khaira is about 9.7 km away. Palghar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Betegaon (7.8 km), Dandi (9.0 km) and Boisar (9.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Borsheti today is likely to be higher.

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