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Velinga Population - North Goa, Goa

Velinga is a medium size village located in Ponda Taluka of North Goa district, Goa with total 444 families residing. The Velinga village has population of 1921 of which 1001 are males while 920 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Velinga village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 7.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Velinga village is 919 which is lower than Goa state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Velinga as per census is 835, lower than Goa average of 942.

Velinga village has higher literacy rate compared to Goa. In 2011, literacy rate of Velinga village was 88.91 % compared to 88.70 % of Goa. In Velinga Male literacy stands at 93.06 % while female literacy rate was 84.43 %.

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

Velinga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 444 - -
Population 1,921 1,001 920
Child (0-6) 145 79 66
Schedule Caste 7 3 4
Schedule Tribe 725 364 361
Literacy 88.91 % 93.06 % 84.43 %
Total Workers 838 560 278
Main Worker 739 - -
Marginal Worker 99 49 50

Caste Factor

In Velinga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.74 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.36 % of total population in Velinga village.

Work Profile

In Velinga village out of total population, 838 were engaged in work activities. 88.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 838 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.