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About Shend Village

Shend is a mid sized village in Shirur Anantpal tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,554, made up of 793 males and 761 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 638.57 hectares hectares.

Shend Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shend village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Latur
Tehsil Shirur Anantpal
Area (hectares) 638.57 hectares
Population 1,554
Male Population 793
Female Population 761
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shend compares

By the 2011 count Shend is the 16th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,734 residents. Its 638.57 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Shend

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

Shend lies about 37 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Her, about 14 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 Shend
Tehsil headquarters Shirur Anantpal 7.7 km
Nearest railway station Her 14 km
Nearest town Udgīr 24 km
District headquarters Latur 37 km

Villages closest to Shend

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shirur Anantpal 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 Shend

As per the Census of India 2011, Shend village had a population of 1,554. That makes it the 16th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,734 residents.

Shend village has 793 males and 761 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shend has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

Shend covers 638.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shend falls under Shirur Anantpal tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shend is Her, about 14 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 Shend.

Shend is about 37 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shend is in Shirur Anantpal tehsil of Latur district. Shirur Anantpal is about 7.7 km away. Her is about 14 km away. Udgīr is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanegaon (1.7 km), Tipral (1.9 km) and Daithana (2.7 km).

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

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