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About Veral Village

Veral is a mid sized village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,005, made up of 458 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,194 females per 1000 males. The village covers 478.19 hectares hectares.

Veral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Veral village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Lanja
Area (hectares) 478.19 hectares
Population 1,005
Male Population 458
Female Population 547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,194
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Veral compares

By the 2011 count Veral is the 33rd largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 478.19 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Veral

Veral is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Veral as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Shiravali, Talavade, Upale and Vangule. 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 Veral

As per the Census of India 2011, Veral village had a population of 1,005. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Veral village has 458 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Veral has about 1194 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1174.

Veral covers 478.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Veral falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Veral notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Veral.

Veral is in Lanja 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 Veral today is likely to be higher.

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