About Velaneshwar Village

Velaneshwar is a large village in Guhagar tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,347, made up of 1,626 males and 1,721 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 847.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415729, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Velaneshwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Velaneshwar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Guhagar
Pincode	415729
Area (hectares)	847.99 hectares
Population	3,347
Male Population	1,626
Female Population	1,721
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,058
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Velaneshwar compares

By the 2011 count Velaneshwar is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 847.99 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1367.

Getting to Velaneshwar

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

Velaneshwar lies about 44 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Sawarda, about 32 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 Velaneshwar
Tehsil headquarters	Guhagar	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sawarda	32 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	36 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	44 km

Villages closest to Velaneshwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Velaneshwar village had a population of 3,347. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Velaneshwar village has 1,626 males and 1,721 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Velaneshwar has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1367.

The pincode recorded for Velaneshwar is 415729. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Velaneshwar covers 847.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Velaneshwar falls under Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Velaneshwar is Sawarda, about 32 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 Velaneshwar.

Velaneshwar is about 44 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Velaneshwar is in Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Guhagar is about 12 km away. Sawarda is about 32 km away. Chiplūn is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.