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About Shelapuri Village

Shelapuri is a mid sized village in Manjlegaon tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,133, made up of 616 males and 517 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463 hectares hectares.

Shelapuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelapuri village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Manjlegaon
Area (hectares) 463 hectares
Population 1,133
Male Population 616
Female Population 517
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelapuri compares

By the 2011 count Shelapuri is the 65th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,709 residents. Its 463 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 912.

Getting to Shelapuri

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

Shelapuri lies about 46 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Satuna, about 43 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 Shelapuri
Tehsil headquarters Manjlegaon 5.1 km
Nearest town Majalgaon 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Satuna 43 km
District headquarters Bid 46 km

Villages closest to Shelapuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelapuri village had a population of 1,133. That makes it the 65th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,709 residents.

Shelapuri village has 616 males and 517 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelapuri has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Shelapuri covers 463 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelapuri falls under Manjlegaon tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelapuri is Satuna, about 43 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shelapuri.

Shelapuri is about 46 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelapuri is in Manjlegaon tehsil of Bid district. Manjlegaon is about 5.1 km away. Majalgaon is about 5.1 km away. Satuna is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nandur (1.6 km), Renapuri (1.8 km) and Devkheda (2.6 km).

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

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