Welwa Population - Bhandara, Maharashtra

Welwa is a medium size village located in Pauni Taluka of Bhandara district, Maharashtra with total 119 families residing. The Welwa village has population of 455 of which 259 are males while 196 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Welwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 14.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Welwa village is 757 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Welwa as per census is 610, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Welwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Welwa village was 73.78 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Welwa Male literacy stands at 80.73 % while female literacy rate was 64.91 %.

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

Welwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	119	-	-
Population	455	259	196
Child (0-6)	66	41	25
Schedule Caste	126	73	53
Schedule Tribe	194	105	89
Literacy	73.78 %	80.73 %	64.91 %
Total Workers	284	158	126
Main Worker	227	-	-
Marginal Worker	57	2	55

Caste Factor

In Welwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 42.64 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 27.69 % of total population in Welwa village.

Work Profile

In Welwa village out of total population, 284 were engaged in work activities. 79.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 284 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 141 were Agricultural labourer.