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About Velawatti Village

Velawatti is a mid sized village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 810, made up of 393 males and 417 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479 hectares hectares.

Velawatti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Velawatti village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Kolhapur
Tehsil Ajra
Area (hectares) 479 hectares
Population 810
Male Population 393
Female Population 417
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,061
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Velawatti compares

By the 2011 count Velawatti is the 55th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 479 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Velawatti

Velawatti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Velawatti as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Velawatti from other places

Velawatti lies about 64 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 47 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 Velawatti
Tehsil headquarters Ajra 4.2 km
Nearest town Gadhinglaj 22 km
Nearest railway station Belagavi 47 km
District headquarters Kolhapur 64 km

Villages closest to Velawatti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Velawatti village had a population of 810. That makes it the 55th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Velawatti village has 393 males and 417 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Velawatti has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1117.

Velawatti covers 479 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Velawatti falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Velawatti is Belagavi, about 47 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 <5 km distance for Velawatti.

Velawatti is about 64 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Velawatti is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 4.2 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 22 km away. Belagavi is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhadawan (1.7 km), Masoli (1.7 km) and Haloli (2.3 km).

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

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