About Shelka Dhanora Village

Shelka Dhanora is a mid sized village in Kalamb tehsil, in the district of Osmanabad, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,304, made up of 676 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 576 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shelka Dhanora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelka Dhanora village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Osmanabad
Tehsil	Kalamb
Pincode	413507
Area (hectares)	576 hectares
Population	1,304
Male Population	676
Female Population	628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelka Dhanora compares

By the 2011 count Shelka Dhanora is the 54th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,040 residents. Its 576 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, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Shelka Dhanora

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

Shelka Dhanora lies about 35 km from Osmanabad, and the nearest railway station is Kalamb Road, 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 Shelka Dhanora
Tehsil headquarters	Kalamb	8.4 km
Nearest town	Kallam	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kalamb Road	14 km
District headquarters	Osmanabad	35 km

Villages closest to Shelka Dhanora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalamb 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 Shelka Dhanora

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelka Dhanora village had a population of 1,304. That makes it the 54th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,040 residents.

Shelka Dhanora village has 676 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelka Dhanora has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Shelka Dhanora is 413507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shelka Dhanora covers 576 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelka Dhanora falls under Kalamb tehsil of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelka Dhanora is Kalamb Road, 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 Shelka Dhanora.

Shelka Dhanora is about 35 km from Osmanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelka Dhanora is in Kalamb tehsil of Osmanabad district. Kalamb is about 8.4 km away. Kallam is about 8.4 km away. Kalamb Road is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.