About Shelgi Village

Shelgi is a large village in Nilanga tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,255, made up of 1,168 males and 1,087 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 807.31 hectares hectares.

Shelgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelgi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Tehsil	Nilanga
Area (hectares)	807.31 hectares
Population	2,255
Male Population	1,168
Female Population	1,087
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelgi compares

By the 2011 count Shelgi is the 43rd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents. Its 807.31 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Shelgi

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

Shelgi lies about 54 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Kalagapura, about 34 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 Shelgi
Nearest town	Basavakalyan	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nilanga	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kalagapura	34 km
District headquarters	Latur	54 km

Villages closest to Shelgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelgi village had a population of 2,255. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents.

Shelgi village has 1,168 males and 1,087 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelgi has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Shelgi covers 807.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelgi falls under Nilanga tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelgi is Kalagapura, about 34 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 Shelgi.

Shelgi is about 54 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelgi is in Nilanga tehsil of Latur district. Basavakalyan is about 18 km away. Nilanga is about 18 km away. Kalagapura is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.