About Shelgaon Village

Shelgaon is a large village in Umri tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,301, made up of 1,131 males and 1,170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1170.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431807, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shelgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Umri
Pincode	431807
Area (hectares)	1170.66 hectares
Population	2,301
Male Population	1,131
Female Population	1,170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shelgaon compares

By the 2011 count Shelgaon is the 7th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents. Its 1170.66 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 955.

Getting to Shelgaon

Shelgaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shelgaon 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 village. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Umri	7.3 km
Nearest town	Mudkhed	13 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 Umri 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 2,301. That makes it the 7th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents.

Shelgaon village has 1,131 males and 1,170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelgaon has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Shelgaon is 431807. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shelgaon covers 1170.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shelgaon falls under Umri 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 village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ 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 Umri tehsil of Nanded district. Shelgaon is about 1.6 km away. Umri is about 7.3 km away. Mudkhed is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.