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About Shegaon Village

Shegaon is a mid sized village in Samudrapur tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 835, made up of 428 males and 407 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 765.06 hectares hectares.

Shegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Wardha
Tehsil Samudrapur
Area (hectares) 765.06 hectares
Population 835
Male Population 428
Female Population 407
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 951
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shegaon compares

By the 2011 count Shegaon is the 34th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 765.06 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Shegaon

Shegaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shegaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Shegaon from other places

Shegaon lies about 33 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Hinganghat, 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 Shegaon
Tehsil headquarters Samudrapur 6.5 km
Nearest town Hinganghāt 13 km
Nearest railway station Hinganghat 14 km
District headquarters Wardha 33 km

Villages closest to Shegaon

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

Common questions about Shegaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Shegaon village had a population of 835. That makes it the 34th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Shegaon village has 428 males and 407 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shegaon has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Shegaon covers 765.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shegaon falls under Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shegaon is Hinganghat, 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 <5 km distance for Shegaon.

Shegaon is about 33 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shegaon is in Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district. Samudrapur is about 6.5 km away. Hinganghāt is about 13 km away. Hinganghat is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shedgaon (under 2 km), Menkhat (2.3 km) and Mangaon (3.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shegaon today is likely to be higher.

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