About Shelu Village

Shelu is a mid sized village in Chandvad tehsil, in the district of Nashik, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,515, made up of 787 males and 728 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 560.11 hectares hectares.

Shelu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelu village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nashik
Tehsil	Chandvad
Area (hectares)	560.11 hectares
Population	1,515
Male Population	787
Female Population	728
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelu compares

By the 2011 count Shelu is the 59th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents. Its 560.11 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 Shelu

Shelu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shelu 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shelu from other places

Shelu lies about 52 km from Nashik, and the nearest railway station is Lasalgaon, 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 Shelu
Tehsil headquarters	Chandvad	11 km
Nearest town	Chāndor	11 km
Nearest railway station	Lasalgaon	23 km
District headquarters	Nashik	52 km

Villages closest to Shelu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelu village had a population of 1,515. That makes it the 59th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents.

Shelu village has 787 males and 728 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelu has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Shelu covers 560.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelu falls under Chandvad tehsil of Nashik district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelu is Lasalgaon, about 23 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 - 10 km distance for Shelu.

Shelu is about 52 km from Nashik in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelu is in Chandvad tehsil of Nashik district. Chandvad is about 11 km away. Chāndor is about 11 km away. Lasalgaon is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.