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About Welode Village

Welode is a large village in Chopda tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,505, made up of 1,303 males and 1,202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 799.01 hectares hectares.

Welode Overview

Census 2011 figures for Welode village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Chopda
Area (hectares) 799.01 hectares
Population 2,505
Male Population 1,303
Female Population 1,202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Welode compares

By the 2011 count Welode is the 27th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents. Its 799.01 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Welode

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

Welode lies about 54 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhortex, about 20 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 Welode
Tehsil headquarters Chopda 20 km
Nearest railway station Bhortex 20 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 54 km

Villages closest to Welode

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Welode village had a population of 2,505. That makes it the 27th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents.

Welode village has 1,303 males and 1,202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Welode has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 942.

Welode covers 799.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Welode falls under Chopda tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Welode is Bhortex, about 20 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 Welode.

Welode is about 54 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Welode is in Chopda tehsil of Jalgaon district. Chopda is about 20 km away. Bhortex is about 20 km away. Jalgaon is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghodgaon (under 2 km), Kusumbe (1.5 km) and Dhanore Pr Chopda (2.3 km).

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

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