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Velaste Population - Raigarh, Maharashtra

Velaste is a medium size village located in Murud Taluka of Raigarh district, Maharashtra with total 170 families residing. The Velaste village has population of 832 of which 407 are males while 425 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Velaste village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 8.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Velaste village is 1044 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Velaste as per census is 811, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Velaste village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Velaste village was 85.62 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Velaste Male literacy stands at 93.51 % while female literacy rate was 78.23 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Velaste village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Velaste village.

Velaste Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 170 - -
Population 832 407 425
Child (0-6) 67 37 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 24 13 11
Literacy 85.62 % 93.51 % 78.23 %
Total Workers 488 240 248
Main Worker 11 - -
Marginal Worker 477 232 245

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 2.88 % of total population in Velaste village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Velaste village of Raigarh.

Work Profile

In Velaste village out of total population, 488 were engaged in work activities. 2.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 488 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.