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About Shingait Village

Shingait is a mid sized village in Jamner tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 791, made up of 425 males and 366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 693.84 hectares hectares.

Shingait Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shingait village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Jamner
Area (hectares) 693.84 hectares
Population 791
Male Population 425
Female Population 366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Shingait compares

By the 2011 count Shingait is the 115th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,940 residents. Its 693.84 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Shingait

Shingait is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shingait 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shingait from other places

Shingait lies about 21 km from Jalgaon. 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 Shingait
Tehsil headquarters Jamner 11 km
Nearest town Jāmner 11 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 21 km

Villages closest to Shingait

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shingait village had a population of 791. That makes it the 115th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,940 residents.

Shingait village has 425 males and 366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shingait has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Shingait covers 693.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shingait falls under Jamner tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Shingait notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shingait.

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

Shingait is in Jamner tehsil of Jalgaon district. Jamner is about 11 km away. Jāmner is about 11 km away. Jalgaon is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampur (3.7 km), Rampura (3.7 km) and Gangapuri (4.1 km).

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

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