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Velas Population - Raigarh, Maharashtra

Velas is a medium size village located in Shrivardhan Taluka of Raigarh district, Maharashtra with total 125 families residing. The Velas village has population of 386 of which 151 are males while 235 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Velas village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 10.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Velas village is 1556 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Velas as per census is 826, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Velas village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Velas village was 85.47 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Velas Male literacy stands at 92.97 % while female literacy rate was 81.02 %.

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

Velas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 125 - -
Population 386 151 235
Child (0-6) 42 23 19
Schedule Caste 10 3 7
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.47 % 92.97 % 81.02 %
Total Workers 129 80 49
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 58 24 34

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.59 % of total population in Velas village. The village Velas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Velas village out of total population, 129 were engaged in work activities. 55.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 129 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.