About Shelap Village

Shelap is a mid sized village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 725, made up of 335 males and 390 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,164 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shelap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelap village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Ajra
Pincode	416505
Area (hectares)	633.73 hectares
Population	725
Male Population	335
Female Population	390
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,164
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelap compares

By the 2011 count Shelap is the 59th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 633.73 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Shelap

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

Shelap lies about 66 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Zarap, about 43 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 Shelap
Tehsil headquarters	Ajra	12 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	29 km
Nearest railway station	Zarap	43 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	66 km

Villages closest to Shelap

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelap village had a population of 725. That makes it the 59th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Shelap village has 335 males and 390 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelap has about 1164 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

The pincode recorded for Shelap is 416505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shelap covers 633.73 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.

Shelap falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelap is Zarap, about 43 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 Shelap.

Shelap is about 66 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelap is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 12 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 29 km away. Zarap is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.