About Vilam Village

Vilam is a small village in Pauni tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 364, made up of 190 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.94 hectares hectares.

Vilam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vilam village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Pauni
Area (hectares)	180.94 hectares
Population	364
Male Population	190
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vilam compares

By the 2011 count Vilam is the 88th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 986 residents. Its 180.94 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Vilam

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

Vilam lies about 50 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Mangli, about 13 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 Vilam
Nearest railway station	Mangli	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pauni	14 km
Nearest town	Pawni	14 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	50 km

Villages closest to Vilam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Vilam village had a population of 364. That makes it the 88th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 986 residents.

Vilam village has 190 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vilam has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Vilam covers 180.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Vilam falls under Pauni tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Vilam is Mangli, about 13 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 Vilam.

Vilam is about 50 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vilam is in Pauni tehsil of Bhandara district. Mangli is about 13 km away. Pauni is about 14 km away. Pawni is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.