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About Shelgaon Village

Shelgaon is a mid sized village in Anjangaon Surji tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 639, made up of 331 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.54 hectares hectares.

Shelgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Anjangaon Surji
Area (hectares) 356.54 hectares
Population 639
Male Population 331
Female Population 308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shelgaon compares

By the 2011 count Shelgaon is the 48th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents. Its 356.54 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Shelgaon

Shelgaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shelgaon 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shelgaon from other places

Shelgaon lies about 3.4 km from Anjangaon Surji, and the nearest railway station is Amravati, about 3.3 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 Shelgaon
Nearest railway station Amravati 3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Anjangaon Surji 3.4 km

Villages closest to Shelgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Anjangaon Surji 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 Shelgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelgaon village had a population of 639. That makes it the 48th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents.

Shelgaon village has 331 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelgaon has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Shelgaon covers 356.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shelgaon falls under Anjangaon Surji tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelgaon is Amravati, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Shelgaon.

Shelgaon is about 3.4 km from Anjangaon Surji in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelgaon is in Anjangaon Surji tehsil of Amravati district. Amravati is about 3.3 km away. Anjangaon Surji is about 3.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Turkheda (3.6 km), Alipur (3.7 km) and Ramgaon (4.2 km).

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

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