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About Selda Village

Selda is a mid sized village in Barwaha tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 973, made up of 515 males and 458 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1009.93 hectares hectares.

Selda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Selda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Barwaha
Area (hectares) 1009.93 hectares
Population 973
Male Population 515
Female Population 458
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Selda compares

By the 2011 count Selda is the 104th largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 1009.93 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Selda

Selda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Selda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Selda from other places

Selda lies about 68 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Mukhtiara Balwada, about 4.5 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 Selda
Nearest railway station Mukhtiara Balwada 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Barwaha 13 km
Nearest town Barwāh 13 km
District headquarters Khargone 68 km

Villages closest to Selda

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

Common questions about Selda

As per the Census of India 2011, Selda village had a population of 973. That makes it the 104th largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Selda village has 515 males and 458 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Selda has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Selda covers 1009.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Selda falls under Barwaha tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Selda is Mukhtiara Balwada, about 4.5 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 village for Selda.

Selda is about 68 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Selda is in Barwaha tehsil of Khargone district. Mukhtiara Balwada is about 4.5 km away. Barwaha is about 13 km away. Barwāh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hanumantya (under 2 km), Kourawad (2.2 km) and Jhabbar (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Selda today is likely to be higher.

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