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About Venkatapur Village

Venkatapur is a mid sized village in Sironcha tehsil, in the district of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 406 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 793 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.44 hectares hectares.

Venkatapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Venkatapur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gadchiroli
Tehsil Sironcha
Area (hectares) 496.44 hectares
Population 728
Male Population 406
Female Population 322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 793
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Venkatapur compares

By the 2011 count Venkatapur is the 28th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 591 residents. Its 496.44 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Venkatapur

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

Venkatapur lies about 137 km from Gadchiroli, and the nearest railway station is Bellampalli, about 53 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 Venkatapur
Tehsil headquarters Sironcha 11 km
Nearest town Chinnūr 22 km
Nearest railway station Bellampalli 53 km
District headquarters Gadchiroli 137 km

Villages closest to Venkatapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Venkatapur village had a population of 728. That makes it the 28th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 591 residents.

Venkatapur village has 406 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Venkatapur has about 793 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Venkatapur covers 496.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Venkatapur falls under Sironcha tehsil of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Venkatapur is Bellampalli, about 53 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 Venkatapur.

Venkatapur is about 137 km from Gadchiroli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Venkatapur is in Sironcha tehsil of Gadchiroli district. Sironcha is about 11 km away. Chinnūr is about 22 km away. Bellampalli is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bamni (under 2 km), Pochampalli Ry (3.8 km) and Raipeth Ali Pochampalli (3.8 km).

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

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