About Walve Village

Walve is a mid sized village in Palghar tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,296, made up of 666 males and 630 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.61 hectares hectares.

Walve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Walve village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Palghar
Area (hectares)	338.61 hectares
Population	1,296
Male Population	666
Female Population	630
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Walve compares

By the 2011 count Walve is the 95th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 338.61 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Walve

Walve is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Walve 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 Vitthalwadi, Wade, Wadhiv Saravali and Wadrai. 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.

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Common questions about Walve

As per the Census of India 2011, Walve village had a population of 1,296. That makes it the 95th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Walve village has 666 males and 630 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Walve has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Walve covers 338.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Walve falls under Palghar tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Walve 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 Walve.

Walve is in Palghar 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.