About Shelakhet Village

Shelakhet is a small village in Dhari tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 119, made up of 61 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shelakhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shelakhet village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Dhari
Pincode	263132
Area (hectares)	51.75 hectares
Population	119
Male Population	61
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shelakhet compares

By the 2011 count Shelakhet is the 131st largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 511 residents. Its 51.75 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Shelakhet

Shelakhet is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shelakhet as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Shalakwar, Shalore, Sharana and Shashbani. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Shelakhet

As per the Census of India 2011, Shelakhet village had a population of 119. That makes it the 131st largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 511 residents.

Shelakhet village has 61 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shelakhet has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Shelakhet is 263132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shelakhet covers 51.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shelakhet falls under Dhari tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Shelakhet notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shelakhet.

Shelakhet is in Dhari tehsil of Nainital district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.