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

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Village · Vada, Thane 

# Shele

Shele is a village in Vada sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra, PIN code **421303**. The 2011 Census counted **513 people in 110 households**, the 124th largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 513people (2011)
- 110households
- 77.8%literacy
- 421303PIN code

## Shele PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shele is 421303.** Shele falls in Vada sub-district, Thane district, Maharashtra.

- PIN code421303
- Community development blockVada
- Census village code552142

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

## How far is Shele from nearby towns?

- Vada (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)70 km by road
- Jawhar (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 Shele?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Shele; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Wada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Wada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Wada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 15 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 Shele known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 14% of the 447 hectares of village land is sown, and 64 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 Shele

Of every 100 households in Shele in 2011, 18 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shele · ■ Vada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**40%

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

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**74%

Use banking services ****95%**

**55%

Television ****8%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****82%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shele?

■ Shele · ■ Vada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**968

Working population ****51.7%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 67.7% for women. 60% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 61 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (9%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 175 (66%)

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

- Nishet521 people
- Khaire Ambivali519 people
- Kumdal517 people
- Kurle514 people
- Umrothe506 people
- Borande499 people
- Tilmal493 people
- Bilghar490 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shele?421303
- How far is Shele from Thane?70 km by road
- What is the population of Shele?513 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shele in?Thane district (Vada sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Shele?77.8% (Census 2011)