About Sela Village

Sela is a mid sized village in Maharajpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,699, made up of 905 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 986.97 hectares hectares.

Sela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sela village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Maharajpur
Area (hectares)	986.97 hectares
Population	1,699
Male Population	905
Female Population	794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sela compares

By the 2011 count Sela is the 13th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 986.97 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Sela

Sela is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sela as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sela from other places

Sela lies about 17 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rajnagar K, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sela
Tehsil headquarters	Maharajpur	6.8 km
Nearest town	Mahārājpur	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Rajnagar K	14 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	17 km

Villages closest to Sela

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maharajpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sela

As per the Census of India 2011, Sela village had a population of 1,699. That makes it the 13th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Sela village has 905 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sela has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Sela covers 986.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sela falls under Maharajpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sela is Rajnagar K, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sela.

Sela is about 17 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sela is in Maharajpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Maharajpur is about 6.8 km away. Mahārājpur is about 6.8 km away. Rajnagar K is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.