About Vetkond Village

Vetkond is a small village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 215 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares.

Vetkond Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vetkond village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Chiplun
Area (hectares)	234 hectares
Population	432
Male Population	215
Female Population	217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vetkond compares

By the 2011 count Vetkond is the 148th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1147.

Getting to Vetkond

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

Vetkond lies about 56 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Sawarda, about 9.5 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 Vetkond
Nearest railway station	Sawarda	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chiplun	16 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	16 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	56 km

Villages closest to Vetkond

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Vetkond village had a population of 432. That makes it the 148th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Vetkond village has 215 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vetkond has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Vetkond covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Vetkond falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Vetkond is Sawarda, about 9.5 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 Vetkond.

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

Vetkond is in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Sawarda is about 9.5 km away. Chiplun is about 16 km away. Chiplūn is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.