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About Shelad Village

Shelad is a mid sized village in Balapur tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,997, made up of 1,103 males and 894 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 740.5 hectares hectares.

Shelad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelad village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Balapur
Area (hectares) 740.5 hectares
Population 1,997
Male Population 1,103
Female Population 894
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 811
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shelad compares

By the 2011 count Shelad is the 18th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,646 residents. Its 740.5 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Shelad

Shelad is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shelad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shelad from other places

Shelad lies about 21 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Paras, about 6.6 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 Shelad
Tehsil headquarters Balapur 3.2 km
Nearest town Bālāpur 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Paras 6.6 km
District headquarters Akola 21 km

Villages closest to Shelad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelad village had a population of 1,997. That makes it the 18th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,646 residents.

Shelad village has 1,103 males and 894 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelad has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Shelad covers 740.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelad falls under Balapur tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelad is Paras, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Shelad is about 21 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelad is in Balapur tehsil of Akola district. Balapur is about 3.2 km away. Bālāpur is about 3.2 km away. Paras is about 6.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhikundkhed (1.5 km), Hingana Shelad (1.5 km) and Kanheri (3.2 km).

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

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