About Shelud Village

Shelud is a large village in Chikhli tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,200, made up of 1,651 males and 1,549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 874.28 hectares hectares.

Shelud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelud village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Chikhli
Area (hectares)	874.28 hectares
Population	3,200
Male Population	1,651
Female Population	1,549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelud compares

By the 2011 count Shelud is the 14th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents. Its 874.28 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 Shelud

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

Shelud lies about 21 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 49 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 Shelud
Tehsil headquarters	Chikhli	2.4 km
District headquarters	Buldana	21 km
Nearest railway station	Khamgaon	49 km

Villages closest to Shelud

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 Shelud

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelud village had a population of 3,200. That makes it the 14th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,711 residents.

Shelud village has 1,651 males and 1,549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelud has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Shelud covers 874.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelud falls under Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelud is Khamgaon, about 49 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 Shelud.

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

Shelud is in Chikhli tehsil of Buldana district. Chikhli is about 2.4 km away. Buldana is about 21 km away. Khamgaon is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.