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About Yelur Village

Yelur is one of the larger villages in Walwa tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,798, made up of 3,539 males and 3,259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1342 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yelur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yelur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sangli
Tehsil Walwa
Pincode 415411
Area (hectares) 1342 hectares
Population 6,798
Male Population 3,539
Female Population 3,259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yelur compares

By the 2011 count Yelur is the 17th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,662 residents. Its 1342 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Yelur

Yelur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Yelur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Yelur from other places

Yelur lies about 33 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Kirloskarvadi, about 22 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 Yelur
Nearest town Urun-Islāmpur 12 km
Nearest railway station Kirloskarvadi 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Walwa 33 km
District headquarters Sangli 33 km

Villages closest to Yelur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yelur village had a population of 6,798. That makes it the 17th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,662 residents.

Yelur village has 3,539 males and 3,259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yelur has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Yelur is 415411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yelur covers 1342 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yelur falls under Walwa tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Yelur is Kirloskarvadi, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance for Yelur.

Yelur is about 33 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yelur is in Walwa tehsil of Sangli district. Urun-Islāmpur is about 12 km away. Kirloskarvadi is about 22 km away. Walwa is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Itakare (2.3 km), Kundalwadi (2.5 km) and Tandulwadi (2.8 km).

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

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