About Shelu Village

Shelu is a mid sized village in Sindkhed Raja tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 693, made up of 353 males and 340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 569 hectares hectares.

Shelu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelu village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Sindkhed Raja
Area (hectares)	569 hectares
Population	693
Male Population	353
Female Population	340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelu compares

By the 2011 count Shelu is the 81st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,577 residents. Its 569 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Shelu

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

Shelu lies about 75 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Kodi, about 24 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 Shelu
Tehsil headquarters	Sindkhed Raja	12 km
Nearest town	Deūlgaon Rāja	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kodi	24 km
District headquarters	Buldana	75 km

Villages closest to Shelu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sindkhed Raja 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 Shelu

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelu village had a population of 693. That makes it the 81st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,577 residents.

Shelu village has 353 males and 340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelu has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 921.

Shelu covers 569 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shelu falls under Sindkhed Raja tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelu is Kodi, about 24 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 Shelu.

Shelu is about 75 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelu is in Sindkhed Raja tehsil of Buldana district. Sindkhed Raja is about 12 km away. Deūlgaon Rāja is about 23 km away. Kodi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.