About Welgave Village

Welgave is a small village in Devgad tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 400, made up of 182 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,198 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489 hectares hectares.

Welgave Overview

Census 2011 figures for Welgave village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Devgad
Area (hectares)	489 hectares
Population	400
Male Population	182
Female Population	218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,198
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Welgave compares

By the 2011 count Welgave is the 85th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents. Its 489 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1073.

Getting to Welgave

Welgave is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Welgave 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 Wade, Wadetar, Waghivare and Wanivade. 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.

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Common questions about Welgave

As per the Census of India 2011, Welgave village had a population of 400. That makes it the 85th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents.

Welgave village has 182 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Welgave has about 1198 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1073.

Welgave covers 489 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Welgave falls under Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Welgave 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 Welgave.

Welgave is in Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg 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.