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Vela is a village in Dhariawad mandal, Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan, comprising 538 people in 103 households. It has a literacy rate of 29.6% and postal code 312625.
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- LGD code
- 107918
- Pincode
- 312625
- Population
- 538
- Households
- 103
- Literacy rate
- 29.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1030 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 294
- Distance to district centre
- 57 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Jaipur
- 232 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 465 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bassi Berisal · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Balaji Clinic · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vela compares
By population, Vela ranks #102 of 167 villages in Dhariawad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
29.6%
−3.2% vs mandal average
- Vela
- 29.6%
- Dhariawad mandal
- 32.8%
- Pratapgarh district
- 46.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,030
+19 vs mandal average
- Vela
- 1,030
- Dhariawad mandal
- 1,011
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Vela
- 5.2
- Dhariawad mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vela at a glance
Vela is a village of 538 people in 103 households (Census 2011) in Dhariawad tehsil, Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan, the 102nd-largest of 167 villages in Dhariawad tehsil. Literacy is 30%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 33% and the sex ratio is 1,030 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Pratapgarh district centre, 19 km from Gangrar, the nearest town, 3 km from Bassi Berisal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 312625; the LGD village code is 107918. The nearest hospital or health centre is Balaji Clinic, <1 km away. The village votes in Chittorgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandrabhan Singh Chouhan. The population is estimated at 634 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vela
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHARIAWAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 664
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 131.37
- Forest area (ha)
- 163
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Vela
- LGD code
- 107918
- Pincode
- 312625
- Population (Census 2011)
- 538
- Population (projected 2026)
- 634
- Households
- 103
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1030
- Literacy rate
- 29.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.02567°N, 74.79294°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Chittorgarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chittorgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Joshi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandrabhan Singh Chouhan
- Block / Mandal
- Dhariawad
Getting there
How to reach Vela
Distance to cities · straight line
- Jaipur232 kmcapital
- Delhi465 km
- Mumbai690 km
- Hyderabad932 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBassi Berisal3 km
- Hospital / PHCBalaji Clinic<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India37 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum15 km
- CollegeGovernment Polytechnic College, Bhilwara37 km
- Police stationCity Police Station38 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)