About Walshet Village

Walshet is a mid sized village in Shahapur tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 700, made up of 345 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 421601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Walshet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Walshet village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Shahapur
Pincode	421601
Area (hectares)	411 hectares
Population	700
Male Population	345
Female Population	355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Walshet compares

By the 2011 count Walshet is the 141st largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents. Its 411 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Walshet

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

How far is Walshet from other places

Walshet 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 Walshet
Nearest railway station	Kasara	30 km
Nearest town	Igatpuri	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahapur	34 km
District headquarters	Thane	77 km

Villages closest to Walshet

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 Walshet

As per the Census of India 2011, Walshet village had a population of 700. That makes it the 141st largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents.

Walshet village has 345 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Walshet has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Walshet is 421601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Walshet covers 411 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Walshet falls under Shahapur tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Walshet is Kasara, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Walshet.

Walshet 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.

Walshet 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.