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About Saphale Village

Saphale is a large village in Palghar tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,396, made up of 2,240 males and 2,156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1196 hectares hectares.

Saphale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saphale village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Palghar
Area (hectares) 1196 hectares
Population 4,396
Male Population 2,240
Female Population 2,156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 962
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Saphale compares

By the 2011 count Saphale is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 1196 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Saphale

Saphale is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Saphale as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saphale from other places

Saphale lies about 45 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Saphale, about under 2 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 Saphale
Nearest railway station Saphale under 2 km
Nearest town Virār 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Palghar 14 km
District headquarters Thane 45 km

Villages closest to Saphale

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 Saphale

As per the Census of India 2011, Saphale village had a population of 4,396. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Saphale village has 2,240 males and 2,156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saphale has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

Saphale covers 1196 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saphale falls under Palghar tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Saphale is Saphale, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Saphale.

Saphale is about 45 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saphale is in Palghar tehsil of Thane district. Saphale is about under 2 km away. Virār is about 14 km away. Palghar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Man (2.8 km), Umbar Pada Nandade (2.8 km) and Tandulwadi (4.5 km).

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

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