The bottleneck zone largely affects the overall performance of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Research has shown that this issue can be handled to a large extent by effective load distribution strategies. This works aims at determining an efficient clustering scheme to achieve a better load distribution. A clustering scheme can effectively destitute load if a load of a particular area can be determined. So, the proposed approach creates an efficient clustering structure by selecting the energy-efficient node as the cluster head and then determines a cluster range appropriate by taking note of loads of its neighborhood. The simulation results showed that the proposed approach significantly improves the throughput and lifetime of the network.