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About Yerla Village

Yerla is a mid sized village in Hinganghat tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,212, made up of 657 males and 555 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 657.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 442307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yerla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yerla village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Wardha
Tehsil Hinganghat
Pincode 442307
Area (hectares) 657.62 hectares
Population 1,212
Male Population 657
Female Population 555
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yerla compares

By the 2011 count Yerla is the 26th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 657.62 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Yerla

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

How far is Yerla from other places

Yerla lies about 49 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Nagri, about 19 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 Yerla
Nearest railway station Nagri 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Hinganghat 28 km
Nearest town Hinganghāt 28 km
District headquarters Wardha 49 km

Villages closest to Yerla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yerla village had a population of 1,212. That makes it the 26th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Yerla village has 657 males and 555 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yerla has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Yerla is 442307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yerla covers 657.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yerla falls under Hinganghat tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Yerla is Nagri, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Yerla.

Yerla is about 49 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yerla is in Hinganghat tehsil of Wardha district. Nagri is about 19 km away. Hinganghat is about 28 km away. Hinganghāt is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dorla (1.9 km), Warud (3.0 km) and Hadsti (3.0 km).

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

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