# Valshet Village, Shahapur, Thane (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Shahapur, Thane 

# Valshet

Valshet is a village in Shahapur sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **786 people in 161 households**, the 128th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.8%.

- 786people (2011)
- 161households
- 85.3%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Valshet PIN code and other codes

Valshet falls in Shahapur sub-district, Thane district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockShahapur
- Census village code552873

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

## How far is Valshet from nearby towns?

- Shahapur (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)65 km by road
- Bhiwandi (nearest town)31 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 Valshet?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Valshet; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Asangaon
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sahapur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Shahapur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Valshet known for?

The main crops are **rice and tendu leaves**. About 58% of the 339 hectares of village land is sown, and 196 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 Valshet

Of every 100 households in Valshet in 2011, 92 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Valshet · ■ Shahapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**75%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**68%

Tap water ****2%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**81%

Use banking services ****87%**

**60%

Television ****62%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**43%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Valshet?

■ Valshet · ■ Shahapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.3%**

**72.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**950

Working population ****56.5%**

**47.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 78.2% for women. 60% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (21%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 112 (25%) · **■** Marginal 186 (42%)

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 Shahapur

- Masavane795 people
- Kawadas790 people
- Palheri788 people
- Sane788 people
- Jambhe785 people
- Belwad783 people
- Khaire782 people
- Palshin777 people

[All 225 villages in Shahapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/thane/shahapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Valshet from Thane?65 km by road
- What is the population of Valshet?786 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Valshet in?Thane district (Shahapur sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Valshet?85.3% (Census 2011)