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About Yelawan Village

Yelawan is a mid sized village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 700, made up of 324 males and 376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 791 hectares hectares.

Yelawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yelawan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Rajapur
Area (hectares) 791 hectares
Population 700
Male Population 324
Female Population 376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,160
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yelawan compares

By the 2011 count Yelawan is the 80th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 791 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1229.

Getting to Yelawan

Yelawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Yelawan 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 Wadi Kh, Waghran, Walwad and Watul. 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 Yelawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Yelawan village had a population of 700. That makes it the 80th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Yelawan village has 324 males and 376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yelawan has about 1160 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1229.

Yelawan covers 791 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yelawan falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Yelawan 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 Yelawan.

Yelawan is in Rajapur 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 Yelawan today is likely to be higher.

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