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About Shindi Village

Shindi is a mid sized village in Lonar tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 554, made up of 292 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 619.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 443302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shindi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shindi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Lonar
Pincode 443302
Area (hectares) 619.06 hectares
Population 554
Male Population 292
Female Population 262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shindi compares

By the 2011 count Shindi is the 70th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,553 residents. Its 619.06 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Shindi

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

How far is Shindi from other places

Shindi lies about 64 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Paradgaon, about 53 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 Shindi
Tehsil headquarters Lonar 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Paradgaon 53 km
District headquarters Buldana 64 km

Villages closest to Shindi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shindi village had a population of 554. That makes it the 70th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,553 residents.

Shindi village has 292 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shindi has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Shindi is 443302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shindi covers 619.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shindi falls under Lonar tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shindi is Paradgaon, about 53 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shindi.

Shindi is about 64 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shindi is in Lonar tehsil of Buldana district. Lonar is about 7.4 km away. Paradgaon is about 53 km away. Buldana is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hiwarakhand (1.7 km), Matmal (2.2 km) and Somthana (2.4 km).

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

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