About Shelu Village

Shelu is a mid sized village in Arni tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 658, made up of 343 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 455.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 445105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shelu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelu village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Arni
Pincode	445105
Area (hectares)	455.3 hectares
Population	658
Male Population	343
Female Population	315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelu compares

By the 2011 count Shelu is the 69th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 455.3 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Shelu

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

Shelu lies about 51 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Ambari(Deccan), about 40 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 Shelu
Tehsil headquarters	Arni	11 km
Nearest town	Digras	31 km
Nearest railway station	Ambari(Deccan)	40 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	51 km

Villages closest to Shelu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelu village had a population of 658. That makes it the 69th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Shelu village has 343 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelu has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Shelu is 445105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shelu covers 455.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shelu falls under Arni tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shelu is Ambari(Deccan), about 40 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 Shelu.

Shelu is about 51 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shelu is in Arni tehsil of Yavatmal district. Arni is about 11 km away. Digras is about 31 km away. Ambari(Deccan) is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.