About Shelsur Village

Shelsur is a large village in Chikhli tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,057, made up of 1,066 males and 991 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1016.32 hectares hectares.

Shelsur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelsur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Chikhli
Area (hectares)	1016.32 hectares
Population	2,057
Male Population	1,066
Female Population	991
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelsur compares

By the 2011 count Shelsur is the 37th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents. Its 1016.32 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Shelsur

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

Shelsur lies about 20 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 40 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 Shelsur
Tehsil headquarters	Chikhli	11 km
District headquarters	Buldana	20 km
Nearest railway station	Khamgaon	40 km

Villages closest to Shelsur

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.

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Common questions about Shelsur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelsur village had a population of 2,057. That makes it the 37th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents.

Shelsur village has 1,066 males and 991 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelsur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Shelsur covers 1016.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelsur falls under Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelsur is Khamgaon, about 40 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 village for Shelsur.

Shelsur is about 20 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelsur is in Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district. Chikhli is about 11 km away. Buldana is about 20 km away. Khamgaon is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.