About Shaha Village

Shaha is a large village in Karanja tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,127, made up of 1,122 males and 1,005 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1643.18 hectares hectares.

Shaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shaha village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Karanja
Area (hectares)	1643.18 hectares
Population	2,127
Male Population	1,122
Female Population	1,005
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shaha compares

By the 2011 count Shaha is the 9th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 1643.18 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 935.

Getting to Shaha

Shaha is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shaha 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shaha from other places

Shaha lies about 58 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Pohe, about under 2 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 Shaha
Nearest railway station	Pohe	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karanja	5.5 km
Nearest town	Kāranja	5.5 km
District headquarters	Washim	58 km

Villages closest to Shaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shaha village had a population of 2,127. That makes it the 9th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Shaha village has 1,122 males and 1,005 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shaha has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Shaha covers 1643.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shaha falls under Karanja tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shaha is Pohe, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shaha.

Shaha is about 58 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shaha is in Karanja tehsil of Washim district. Pohe is about under 2 km away. Karanja is about 5.5 km away. Kāranja is about 5.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.