About Shei Village

Shei is a mid sized village in Shahapur tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 979, made up of 480 males and 499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 437.74 hectares hectares.

Shei Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shei village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Shahapur
Area (hectares)	437.74 hectares
Population	979
Male Population	480
Female Population	499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shei compares

By the 2011 count Shei is the 92nd largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents. Its 437.74 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Shei

Shei is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shei 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shei from other places

Shei lies about 40 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Vasind, about 7.0 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 Shei
Nearest railway station	Vasind	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahapur	11 km
District headquarters	Thane	40 km

Villages closest to Shei

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

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Common questions about Shei

As per the Census of India 2011, Shei village had a population of 979. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents.

Shei village has 480 males and 499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shei has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Shei covers 437.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shei falls under Shahapur tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shei is Vasind, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shei.

Shei is about 40 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shei is in Shahapur tehsil of Thane district. Vasind is about 7.0 km away. Shahapur is about 11 km away. Thane is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.