About Girgaon Village

Girgaon is a large village in Talasari tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,735, made up of 1,360 males and 1,375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1419 hectares hectares.

Girgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Talasari
Area (hectares)	1419 hectares
Population	2,735
Male Population	1,360
Female Population	1,375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Girgaon compares

By the 2011 count Girgaon is the 26th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,369 residents. Its 1419 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Girgaon

Girgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Girgaon 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 Girgaon from other places

Girgaon lies about 31 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Charni Road, about under 2 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 Girgaon
Nearest railway station	Charni Road	under 2 km
Nearest town	Mumbai	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Talasari	31 km
District headquarters	Thane	31 km

Villages closest to Girgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Girgaon village had a population of 2,735. That makes it the 26th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,369 residents.

Girgaon village has 1,360 males and 1,375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girgaon has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Girgaon covers 1419 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Girgaon falls under Talasari tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Girgaon is Charni Road, about under 2 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 Girgaon.

Girgaon is about 31 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girgaon is in Talasari tehsil of Thane district. Charni Road is about under 2 km away. Mumbai is about 15 km away. Talasari is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.