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About Yellapur Village

Yellapur is a mid sized village in Jiwati tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,254, made up of 653 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1087.96 hectares hectares.

Yellapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yellapur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Jiwati
Area (hectares) 1087.96 hectares
Population 1,254
Male Population 653
Female Population 601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Yellapur compares

By the 2011 count Yellapur is the 10th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 740 residents. Its 1087.96 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Yellapur

Yellapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Yellapur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Yellapur from other places

Yellapur lies about 48 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Mukutban, about 21 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 Yellapur
Tehsil headquarters Jiwati 11 km
Nearest railway station Mukutban 21 km
Nearest town Chāndur 23 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 48 km

Villages closest to Yellapur

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

Common questions about Yellapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Yellapur village had a population of 1,254. That makes it the 10th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 740 residents.

Yellapur village has 653 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yellapur has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Yellapur covers 1087.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yellapur falls under Jiwati tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Yellapur is Mukutban, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Yellapur is about 48 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yellapur is in Jiwati tehsil of Chandrapur district. Jiwati is about 11 km away. Mukutban is about 21 km away. Chāndur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lambori (1.7 km), Kamalpur (3.1 km) and Narpathar (4.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Yellapur today is likely to be higher.

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