About Shelgaon Village

Shelgaon is a mid sized village in Barshi tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 916, made up of 490 males and 426 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 617.64 hectares hectares.

Shelgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Barshi
Area (hectares)	617.64 hectares
Population	916
Male Population	490
Female Population	426
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
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 97th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,878 residents. Its 617.64 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

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 73 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Barsi Town, about 6.5 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	Barshi	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Barsi Town	6.5 km
District headquarters	Solapur	73 km

Villages closest to Shelgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barshi 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 916. That makes it the 97th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,878 residents.

Shelgaon village has 490 males and 426 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelgaon has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Shelgaon covers 617.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shelgaon falls under Barshi tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelgaon is Barsi Town, about 6.5 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 73 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelgaon is in Barshi tehsil of Solapur district. Barshi is about 6.2 km away. Barsi Town is about 6.5 km away. Solapur is about 73 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.