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Velvand Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Velvand is a medium size village located in Ratnagiri Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 361 families residing. The Velvand village has population of 1594 of which 759 are males while 835 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Velvand village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 8.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Velvand village is 1100 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Velvand as per census is 1046, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Velvand village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Velvand village was 77.89 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Velvand Male literacy stands at 91.07 % while female literacy rate was 65.97 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Velvand 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 Velvand village.

Velvand Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 361 - -
Population 1,594 759 835
Child (0-6) 133 65 68
Schedule Caste 6 3 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.89 % 91.07 % 65.97 %
Total Workers 908 423 485
Main Worker 861 - -
Marginal Worker 47 35 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.38 % of total population in Velvand village. The village Velvand currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Velvand village out of total population, 908 were engaged in work activities. 94.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 908 workers engaged in Main Work, 519 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 131 were Agricultural labourer.