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Velagar Population - Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

Velagar is a medium size village located in Vengurla Taluka of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra with total 115 families residing. The Velagar village has population of 419 of which 195 are males while 224 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Velagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 8.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Velagar village is 1149 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Velagar as per census is 1467, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Velagar village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Velagar village was 90.05 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Velagar Male literacy stands at 92.22 % while female literacy rate was 88.12 %.

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

Velagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 419 195 224
Child (0-6) 37 15 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.05 % 92.22 % 88.12 %
Total Workers 136 103 33
Main Worker 132 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Velagar village of Sindhudurg district.

Work Profile

In Velagar village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 97.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.