Velaste observes Ganeshotsav on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Velaste ranks #23 of 73 villages in Murud mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Velaste is a village of 832 people in 170 households (Census 2011) in Murud taluka, Raigad district, Maharashtra, the 23rd-largest of 73 villages in Murud taluka. Literacy is 79%, 5 points above the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,044 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 402401, served by Janjira Murud post office; the LGD village code is 554248. The sarpanch is shanita khedekar, and the village votes in Junnar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sharaddada Bhimaji Sonawane. The population is estimated at 981 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Welaste →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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