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About Shelgaon Village

Shelgaon is a mid sized village in Naigaon tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,761, made up of 892 males and 869 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 611.18 hectares hectares.

Shelgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Naigaon
Area (hectares) 611.18 hectares
Population 1,761
Male Population 892
Female Population 869
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 974
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelgaon compares

By the 2011 count Shelgaon is the 39th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents. Its 611.18 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 948.

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 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 Shelgaon from other places

Shelgaon lies about 30 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Shelgaon, about 1.6 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
Nearest railway station Shelgaon 1.6 km
Nearest town Mudkhed 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Naigaon 25 km
District headquarters Nanded 30 km

Villages closest to Shelgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelgaon village had a population of 1,761. That makes it the 39th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents.

Shelgaon village has 892 males and 869 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelgaon has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

Shelgaon covers 611.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelgaon falls under Naigaon tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelgaon is Shelgaon, about 1.6 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 <5 km distance for Shelgaon.

Shelgaon is about 30 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 Naigaon tehsil of Nanded district. Shelgaon is about 1.6 km away. Mudkhed is about 13 km away. Naigaon is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Izatgaon (10.0 km), Izatgaon Bk (10.0 km) and Manur Tarf Ba (10 km).

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

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