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About Valshet Village

Valshet is a mid sized village in Shahapur tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 786, made up of 403 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.82 hectares hectares.

Valshet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Valshet village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Shahapur
Area (hectares) 338.82 hectares
Population 786
Male Population 403
Female Population 383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Valshet compares

By the 2011 count Valshet is the 125th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents. Its 338.82 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 970.

Getting to Valshet

Valshet 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 Valshet 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 Valshet from other places

Valshet lies about 77 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Kasara, about 30 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 Valshet
Nearest railway station Kasara 30 km
Nearest town Igatpuri 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahapur 34 km
District headquarters Thane 77 km

Villages closest to Valshet

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.

Common questions about Valshet

As per the Census of India 2011, Valshet village had a population of 786. That makes it the 125th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents.

Valshet village has 403 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Valshet has about 950 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 970.

Valshet covers 338.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Valshet falls under Shahapur tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Valshet is Kasara, about 30 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 Valshet.

Valshet is about 77 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Valshet is in Shahapur tehsil of Thane district. Kasara is about 30 km away. Igatpuri is about 30 km away. Shahapur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Walshet (under 2 km), Veluk (3.9 km) and Dehene (4.3 km).

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

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