About Welwa Mal Village

Welwa Mal is a mid sized village in Pombhurna tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,260, made up of 644 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291.68 hectares hectares.

Welwa Mal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Welwa Mal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Pombhurna
Area (hectares)	291.68 hectares
Population	1,260
Male Population	644
Female Population	616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Welwa Mal compares

By the 2011 count Welwa Mal is the 10th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 876 residents. Its 291.68 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Welwa Mal

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

Welwa Mal lies about 30 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Kelzar, about 7.6 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 Welwa Mal
Nearest railway station	Kelzar	7.6 km
Nearest town	Mūl	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pombhurna	30 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	30 km

Villages closest to Welwa Mal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pombhurna 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 Welwa Mal

As per the Census of India 2011, Welwa Mal village had a population of 1,260. That makes it the 10th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 876 residents.

Welwa Mal village has 644 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Welwa Mal has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Welwa Mal covers 291.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Welwa Mal falls under Pombhurna tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Welwa Mal is Kelzar, about 7.6 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 Welwa Mal.

Welwa Mal is about 30 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Welwa Mal is in Pombhurna tehsil of Chandrapur district. Kelzar is about 7.6 km away. Mūl is about 20 km away. Pombhurna is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.