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About Khoste Village

Khoste is a small village in Shahapur tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 354, made up of 184 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 571 hectares hectares.

Khoste Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khoste village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Shahapur
Area (hectares) 571 hectares
Population 354
Male Population 184
Female Population 170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khoste compares

By the 2011 count Khoste is the 191st largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents. Its 571 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Khoste

Khoste is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khoste as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khardi, Kharid, Kharivali and Khativali. 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 Khoste

As per the Census of India 2011, Khoste village had a population of 354. That makes it the 191st largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents.

Khoste village has 184 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khoste has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Khoste covers 571 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khoste falls under Shahapur tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Khoste notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khoste.

Khoste is in Shahapur 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 Khoste today is likely to be higher.

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