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About Veldur Village

Veldur is a small village in Guhagar tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 115 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,296 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415724, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Veldur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Veldur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Guhagar
Pincode 415724
Area (hectares) 250 hectares
Population 264
Male Population 115
Female Population 149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,296
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Veldur compares

By the 2011 count Veldur is the 114th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 250 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1367.

Getting to Veldur

Veldur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Veldur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Veldur from other places

Veldur lies about 67 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Anjani, about 25 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 Veldur
Tehsil headquarters Guhagar 10 km
Nearest railway station Anjani 25 km
Nearest town Chiplūn 36 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 67 km

Villages closest to Veldur

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.

Common questions about Veldur

As per the Census of India 2011, Veldur village had a population of 264. That makes it the 114th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Veldur village has 115 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Veldur has about 1296 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 Veldur is 415724. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Veldur covers 250 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Veldur falls under Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Veldur is Anjani, about 25 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Veldur.

Veldur is about 67 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Veldur is in Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Guhagar is about 10 km away. Anjani is about 25 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.

The closest recorded villages are Gharatwadi Tarf Veldur (under 2 km), Dhopare (under 2 km) and Mouje Anjanvel (3.8 km).

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

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