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Country
  
India

District
  
Pune

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Area code
  
02114

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

State
  
Maharashtra

Tehsil
  
Mawal

Telephone code
  
02114

Government body
  
Gram panchayat

Shirdhe

Shirdhe (Marathi:शिर्ध्ये) is a village in India. It is situated in the Mawal taluka of Pune District in the state of Maharashtra.

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Map of Shirdhe, Maharashtra 410405

Geography

Shirdhe is situated on the banks of Uskan Lake. The villages around Shirdhe are Rakaswadi, Kusavali and Somavadi. Talukas surrounding Shirdhe are Karjat Taluka, Talegaon Dabhade Taluka, Mulshi Taluka and by Khalapur Taluka.districts closest to Shirdhe are Raigad district, Thane district, Mumbai City district and Mumbai Suburban district. Nearest railway stations around Shirdhe are Vadgaon railway station, Begdewadi railway station, Lonavala railway station, Talegaon railway station and Kamshet railway station. Places to visit around Shirdhe are Thokarwadi Dam and Karla Caves.

Administration and Education

The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per the constitution of India and the Panchayati raj. The village falls under the Maval taluka, The taluka headquarters are situated at Vadgaon and is governed by a tahsildar. As per the 2011 census out of a population of 394 people are 260 Literate and 134 are Illiterate, Shirdhe's literacy rate is 74.93 % which is lower than the average of 82.34% in the state of Maharashtra the male literacy is 82.61 % and the female literacy rate is 66.26 %, Shirdhe has a government-run primary school.

Demography

Shirdhe village has 67 houses with a Population of 394 which consist of Males 203 and 191 Females, as per the 2011 census Shirdhe village population of children with an age group from 0-6 is 47 which makes up 11.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio is 941 per 1000 males which is higher than the state average of 929. The child Sex Ratio is 1474 higher than the average of 894 in the state of Maharashtra. As per the 2011 census the total Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population in the village is 394 people of which none are Scheduled Castes and there are 356 people of the Schedule Tribe. Shirdhe has a 0.0% population of Schedule Tribe and 90.36 % Schedule Caste.

Villages in Mawal taluka

Maval is a Taluka part of the Pune District in the state of Maharashtra India. It is located 85 km from Mumbai and 54 km from Pune.

References

Shirdhe Wikipedia