About Shelgaon Village

Shelgaon is a mid sized village in Loha tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,592, made up of 828 males and 764 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 694.82 hectares hectares.

Shelgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Loha
Area (hectares)	694.82 hectares
Population	1,592
Male Population	828
Female Population	764
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shelgaon compares

By the 2011 count Shelgaon is the 50th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,770 residents. Its 694.82 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Shelgaon

Shelgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shelgaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shelgaon from other places

Shelgaon lies about 25 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Wanegaon, about 23 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 Shelgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Loha	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Wanegaon	23 km
District headquarters	Nanded	25 km

Villages closest to Shelgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelgaon village had a population of 1,592. That makes it the 50th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,770 residents.

Shelgaon village has 828 males and 764 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelgaon has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Shelgaon covers 694.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelgaon falls under Loha tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelgaon is Wanegaon, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shelgaon.

Shelgaon is about 25 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelgaon is in Loha tehsil of Nanded district. Loha is about 7.7 km away. Wanegaon is about 23 km away. Nanded is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.