About Shelgaon Village

Shelgaon is a mid sized village in Karmala tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,473, made up of 760 males and 713 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 812.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shelgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Karmala
Pincode	413203
Area (hectares)	812.87 hectares
Population	1,473
Male Population	760
Female Population	713
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelgaon compares

By the 2011 count Shelgaon is the 62nd largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 812.87 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

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 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 109 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Jeur, about 32 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	Karmala	18 km
Nearest town	Karmāla	18 km
Nearest railway station	Jeur	32 km
District headquarters	Solapur	109 km

Villages closest to Shelgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karmala 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 1,473. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Shelgaon village has 760 males and 713 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelgaon has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Shelgaon is 413203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shelgaon covers 812.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shelgaon falls under Karmala tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelgaon is Jeur, about 32 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 Shelgaon.

Shelgaon is about 109 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 Karmala tehsil of Solapur district. Karmala is about 18 km away. Karmāla is about 18 km away. Jeur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.