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About Shevta Village

Shevta is a mid sized village in Ghansawangi tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,498, made up of 791 males and 707 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 585.32 hectares hectares.

Shevta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shevta village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalna
Tehsil Ghansawangi
Area (hectares) 585.32 hectares
Population 1,498
Male Population 791
Female Population 707
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shevta compares

By the 2011 count Shevta is the 53rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents. Its 585.32 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Shevta

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

Shevta lies about 50 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Ranjani, about 35 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 Shevta
Tehsil headquarters Ghansawangi 17 km
Nearest town Gevrai 22 km
Nearest railway station Ranjani 35 km
District headquarters Jalna 50 km

Villages closest to Shevta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shevta village had a population of 1,498. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents.

Shevta village has 791 males and 707 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shevta has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Shevta covers 585.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shevta falls under Ghansawangi tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shevta is Ranjani, about 35 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 Shevta.

Shevta is about 50 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shevta is in Ghansawangi tehsil of Jalna district. Ghansawangi is about 17 km away. Gevrai is about 22 km away. Ranjani is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramasgaon (2.3 km), Krishnanagar (2.4 km) and Daithana Kh (3.8 km).

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

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