Velas
Shrivardhan block · Raigad
district, Maharashtra · PIN 402403
· village code 554808
Population 2011
386
Census of India
Population 2020
956
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+147.7%
570 people · 10.6% a year
Households
320
+156.0% vs 125 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
386
Male / female
151 / 235
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,556
Children aged 0–6
42
Literacy rate
76.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
10 / 0
Working population
129
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.9%
Households
125
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 10 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
8 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Velas panchayat, Shrivardhan zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹15.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24,966
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.64 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.44 lakh · left ₹2.20 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.16 lakh · received ₹24,966 · spent ₹7.13 lakh · left ₹3.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
18.0541, 73.0375 —
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