Shelhal, Handwara

Shelhal is a village located in the Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district of Jammu & Kashmir. The village falls in Handwara block and comes under Shahal Halqa Panchayat. It belongs to Baramulla parliament constituency and Handwara assembly constituency.

As on July 2025, the current population of Shelhal is 1.6 thousands out of which 787 are males and rest 765 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 972 females per 1000 males. There are around 240 teenagers in Shelhal. It has literacy rate of 49% which means around 757 persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 235 households in Shelhal, which means every family has 7 members on average. The village has working population of 364.