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About Shelodi Village

Shelodi is a mid sized village in Chikhli tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,412, made up of 736 males and 676 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 786.57 hectares hectares.

Shelodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelodi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Chikhli
Area (hectares) 786.57 hectares
Population 1,412
Male Population 736
Female Population 676
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelodi compares

By the 2011 count Shelodi is the 61st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents. Its 786.57 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Shelodi

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

Shelodi lies about 22 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 39 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 Shelodi
Tehsil headquarters Chikhli 13 km
District headquarters Buldana 22 km
Nearest railway station Khamgaon 39 km

Villages closest to Shelodi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelodi village had a population of 1,412. That makes it the 61st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents.

Shelodi village has 736 males and 676 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelodi has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Shelodi covers 786.57 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.

Shelodi falls under Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelodi is Khamgaon, about 39 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 <5 km distance for Shelodi.

Shelodi is about 22 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelodi is in Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district. Chikhli is about 13 km away. Buldana is about 22 km away. Khamgaon is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gondhankhed (2.2 km), Gondhankhed Pr Kherda (2.2 km) and Karankhed (2.2 km).

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

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