# Vashere Village, Bhiwandi, Thane (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bhiwandi, Thane 

# Vashere

Vashere is a village in Bhiwandi sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **560 people in 108 households**, the 168th largest of 210 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.9%.

- 560people (2011)
- 108households
- 89.5%literacy
- 723females per 1,000 males

## Vashere PIN code and other codes

Vashere falls in Bhiwandi sub-district, Thane district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockBhiwandi
- Census village code552624

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Vashere from nearby towns?

- Bhiwandi (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)36 km by road
- Bhiwandi (nearest town)13 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Vashere?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Vashere; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Padgha
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Padgha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhiwandi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)19 h summer · 19 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Vashere known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 50% of the 196 hectares of village land is sown, and 95 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Vashere

Of every 100 households in Vashere in 2011, 99 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 45 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 45 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Vashere · ■ Bhiwandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**46%

Tap water ****10%**

**49%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****45%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**52%

Use banking services ****76%**

**58%

Television ****62%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****45%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**5%

None of these assets ****15%**

**23%

Own their home ****83%**

**80%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Vashere?

■ Vashere · ■ Bhiwandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.5%**

**76.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****723**

**889

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****634**

**921

Working population ****38.9%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.5% for men and 79.9% for women. 60% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 129 (59%) · **■** Marginal 6 (3%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bhiwandi

- Sagaon573 people
- Mohili Bk.566 people
- Devali565 people
- Sakharoli563 people
- Murhe549 people
- Dudhani541 people
- Malbidi538 people
- Base535 people

[All 213 villages in Bhiwandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/thane/bhiwandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Vashere from Thane?36 km by road
- What is the population of Vashere?560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Vashere in?Thane district (Bhiwandi sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Vashere?89.5% (Census 2011)