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Shelwai Population - Nandurbar, Maharashtra

Shelwai is a medium size village located in Talode Taluka of Nandurbar district, Maharashtra with total 179 families residing. The Shelwai village has population of 748 of which 353 are males while 395 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shelwai village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 11.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shelwai village is 1119 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Shelwai as per census is 1150, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Shelwai village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Shelwai village was 50.45 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Shelwai Male literacy stands at 59.11 % while female literacy rate was 42.69 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shelwai village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Shelwai village.

Shelwai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 179 - -
Population 748 353 395
Child (0-6) 86 40 46
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 745 350 395
Literacy 50.45 % 59.11 % 42.69 %
Total Workers 448 213 235
Main Worker 447 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Shelwai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.60 % of total population in Shelwai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shelwai village of Nandurbar.

Work Profile

In Shelwai village out of total population, 448 were engaged in work activities. 99.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 448 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 314 were Agricultural labourer.