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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Balvant Dhondu Kemble
Contact: 92****9661
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- LGD code
- 564943
- Pincode
- 415712
- Post office
- Dapoli
- Population
- 384
- Households
- 124
- Literacy rate
- 78.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1430 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 165
- Distance to district centre
- 109 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 80 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 65 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 557 km
- Nearest railway station
- Palasdhari Station · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kamat Hospital- Lonavla · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Shirde compares
By population, Shirde ranks #132 of 172 villages in Dapoli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.4%
+7.1% vs mandal average
- Shirde
- 78.4%
- Dapoli mandal
- 71.3%
- Ratnagiri district
- 74.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,430
+235 vs mandal average
- Shirde
- 1,430
- Dapoli mandal
- 1,195
Household size
people per home
3.1
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Shirde
- 3.1
- Dapoli mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shirde at a glance
Shirde is a village of 384 people in 124 households (Census 2011) in Dapoli taluka, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, the 132nd-largest of 172 villages in Dapoli taluka. Literacy is 78%, 7 points above the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 1,430 women per 1,000 men. It lies 109 km from the Ratnagiri district centre, 31 km from Induri, the nearest town, 10 km from Palasdhari Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 415712, served by Dapoli post office; the LGD village code is 564943. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kamat Hospital- Lonavla, 13 km away. The sarpanch is Balvant Dhondu Kemble, and the village votes in Bhor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shankar Hiraman Mandekar. The population is estimated at 453 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Shirde →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirde · this village | 384 | 78% | — |
| Jambhavali · Rajapur | 257 | 65% | 2.2 km W |
| Jambhavali · Mawal | 283 | 60% | 2.2 km W |
| Rakaswadi · Mawal | 20 | 60% | 2.4 km E |
| Shirdhe · Mawal | 394 | 66% | 3.9 km E |
| Kalhat · Mawal | 1,009 | 57% | 4.2 km E |
| Borivali · Borivali | — | — | 4.3 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shirde
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Dapoli Camp
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 168
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 336.47
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 143.48
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shirde
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shirde
- LGD code
- 564943
- Pincode
- 415712
- Post office
- Dapoli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 384
- Population (projected 2026)
- 453
- Households
- 124
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1430
- Literacy rate
- 78.4%
- Coordinates
- 18.85606°N, 73.44917°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Baramati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhor
- Member of Parliament
- Supriya Sule
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shankar Hiraman Mandekar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Balvant Dhondu Kemble
- Block / Mandal
- Dapoli
Getting there
How to reach Shirde
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai65 kmcapital
- Hyderabad557 km
- Bengaluru790 km
- Chennai971 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPalasdhari Station10 km
- Bus stopLonavala ST Stand PMPML Bus Stop12 km
- Hospital / PHCKamat Hospital- Lonavla13 km
- ATM / bankSVC11 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump11 km
- CollegeTalegaon medical27 km
- Police stationLonavala police station13 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Shirde
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 415712
Villages near Shirde
Other villages in Dapoli mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)