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About Welamb Village

Welamb is a mid sized village in Guhagar tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,712, made up of 809 males and 903 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,116 females per 1000 males. The village covers 676.89 hectares hectares.

Welamb Overview

Census 2011 figures for Welamb village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Guhagar
Area (hectares) 676.89 hectares
Population 1,712
Male Population 809
Female Population 903
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,116
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Welamb compares

By the 2011 count Welamb is the 20th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 676.89 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 Welamb

Welamb is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Welamb 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. The nearest villages by name are Veldur, Visapur, Wadadai and Waki. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Welamb

As per the Census of India 2011, Welamb village had a population of 1,712. That makes it the 20th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Welamb village has 809 males and 903 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Welamb has about 1116 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1367.

Welamb covers 676.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Welamb falls under Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Welamb notes the nearest railway station 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 Welamb.

Welamb is in Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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