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- LGD code
- 556584
- Pincode
- 412212
- Post office
- Velhe
- Population
- 491
- Households
- 104
- Literacy rate
- 45.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1054 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 281
- Distance to district centre
- 132 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 65 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 113 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 531 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mangaon · 30 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital Velhe · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ghisar compares
By population, Ghisar ranks #40 of 130 villages in Velhe mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.4%
−21.9% vs mandal average
Ghisar45.4%
Velhe mandal67.3%
Pune district76.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,054
+72 vs mandal average
Ghisar1,054
Velhe mandal982
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
Ghisar4.7
Velhe mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghisar at a glance
Ghisar is a village of 491 people in 104 households (Census 2011) in Velhe taluka, Pune district, Maharashtra, the 40th-largest of 130 villages in Velhe taluka. Literacy is 45%, 22 points below the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,054 women per 1,000 men. It lies 132 km from the Pune district centre, 28 km from Asade, the nearest town, 30 km from Mangaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 412212, served by Velhe post office; the LGD village code is 556584. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital Velhe, 8 km away. The village votes in Shirur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dnyaneshwar Alias Mauli Aba Katke. The population is estimated at 579 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Ghisar
- LGD code
- 556584
- Pincode
- 412212
- Post office
- Velhe
- Population (Census 2011)
- 491
- Population (projected 2026)
- 579
- Households
- 104
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1054
- Literacy rate
- 45.4%
- Coordinates
- 18.29260°N, 73.55825°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shirur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shirur
- Member of Parliament
- Amol Kolhe
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dnyaneshwar Alias Mauli Aba Katke
- Block / Mandal
- Velhe
Getting there
How to reach Ghisar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai113 kmcapital
- Hyderabad531 km
- Bengaluru733 km
- Chennai923 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMangaon30 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital Velhe8 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India26 km
- Petrol pumpShell Petroleum29 km
- CollegeMLIT26 km
- Police stationVelhe Police Station8 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Ghisar
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)