About Shelve Village

Shelve is a large village in Pandharpur tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,342, made up of 1,736 males and 1,606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1471.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shelve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelve village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Pandharpur
Pincode	413312
Area (hectares)	1471.36 hectares
Population	3,342
Male Population	1,736
Female Population	1,606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelve compares

By the 2011 count Shelve is the 37th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,434 residents. Its 1471.36 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 Shelve

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

Shelve lies about 73 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Pandharpur, 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 Shelve
Nearest railway station	Pandharpur	14 km
District headquarters	Solapur	73 km

Villages closest to Shelve

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelve village had a population of 3,342. That makes it the 37th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,434 residents.

Shelve village has 1,736 males and 1,606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelve has about 925 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 Shelve is 413312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shelve covers 1471.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelve falls under Pandharpur tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelve is Pandharpur, 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 Shelve.

Shelve 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.

Shelve is in Pandharpur tehsil of Solapur district. Pandharpur is about 14 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.