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About Varul Village

Varul is a large village in Shirpur tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,369, made up of 1,182 males and 1,187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 834.51 hectares hectares.

Varul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Varul village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Dhule
Tehsil Shirpur
Area (hectares) 834.51 hectares
Population 2,369
Male Population 1,182
Female Population 1,187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Varul compares

By the 2011 count Varul is the 56th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,393 residents. Its 834.51 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Varul

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

Varul lies about 56 km from Dhule, and the nearest railway station is Vikhran Road, about 17 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 Varul
Tehsil headquarters Shirpur 16 km
Nearest railway station Vikhran Road 17 km
District headquarters Dhule 56 km

Villages closest to Varul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Varul village had a population of 2,369. That makes it the 56th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,393 residents.

Varul village has 1,182 males and 1,187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Varul has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Varul covers 834.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Varul falls under Shirpur tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Varul is Vikhran Road, about 17 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 Varul.

Varul is about 56 km from Dhule in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Varul is in Shirpur tehsil of Dhule district. Shirpur is about 16 km away. Vikhran Road is about 17 km away. Dhule is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anturli (3.5 km), Nave Bhamate (4.0 km) and Old Bhampur (4.1 km).

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

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