About Khoste Village

Khoste is a mid sized village in Vikramgad tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,169, made up of 565 males and 604 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 867 hectares hectares.

Khoste Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khoste village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Vikramgad
Area (hectares)	867 hectares
Population	1,169
Male Population	565
Female Population	604
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
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 46th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 867 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1011.

Getting to Khoste

Khoste is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khoste 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. The nearest villages by name are Kegva, Kev, Khadaki and Khand. 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.

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Common questions about Khoste

As per the Census of India 2011, Khoste village had a population of 1,169. That makes it the 46th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Khoste village has 565 males and 604 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khoste has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

Khoste covers 867 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khoste falls under Vikramgad 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khoste.

Khoste is in Vikramgad 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.