# Guhir Village, Vada, Thane (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Vada, Thane 

# Guhir

Guhir is a village in Vada sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **963 people in 226 households**, the 66th largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 963people (2011)
- 226households
- 72.4%literacy
- 1,071females per 1,000 males

## Guhir PIN code and other codes

Guhir falls in Vada sub-district, Thane district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockVada
- Census village code552028

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

## How far is Guhir from nearby towns?

- Vada (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)60 km by road
- Palghar (nearest town)25 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 Guhir?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Wada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Wada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Wada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Guhir known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 87% of the 177 hectares of village land is sown, and 155 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 Guhir

Of every 100 households in Guhir in 2011, 26 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 35 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Guhir · ■ Vada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**49%

Tap water ****8%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****35%**

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**74%

Use banking services ****62%**

**55%

Television ****12%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****59%**

**41%

Own their home ****99%**

**91%

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 Guhir?

■ Guhir · ■ Vada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1071**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1233**

**968

Working population ****57.2%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 58.2% for women. 56% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 215 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (9%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (5%) · **■** Marginal 253 (46%)

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 Vada

- Met989 people
- Ghonsai976 people
- Suponde976 people
- Mangathane967 people
- Abje949 people
- Mande944 people
- Tilgaon944 people
- Mandava942 people

[All 168 villages in Vada](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/thane/vada/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Guhir from Thane?60 km by road
- What is the population of Guhir?963 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guhir in?Thane district (Vada sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Guhir?72.4% (Census 2011)