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- LGD code
- 574013
- Pincode
- 501202
- Post office
- Mominpet
- Population
- 1,696
- Households
- 367
- Literacy rate
- 57.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1031 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 974
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 1 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 65 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 501 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sadashivapet Road · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre, Mominpet · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Velchal compares
By population, Velchal ranks #10 of 23 villages in Mominpet mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.7%
+3.7% vs mandal average
- Velchal
- 57.7%
- Mominpet mandal
- 54.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,031
+33 vs mandal average
- Velchal
- 1,031
- Mominpet mandal
- 998
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Velchal
- 4.6
- Mominpet mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Velchal at a glance
Velchal is a village of 1,696 people in 367 households (Census 2011) in Mominpet mandal, Vikarabad district, Telangana, the 10th-largest of 23 villages in Mominpet mandal. Literacy is 58%, 4 points above the mandal average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,031 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Vikarabad district centre, 23 km from Kohir, the nearest town, 2 km from Sadashivapet Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 501202, served by Mominpet post office; the LGD village code is 574013. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, Mominpet, 5 km away. The population is estimated at 2,000 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Velchal →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velchal · this village | 1,696 | 58% | — |
| Morangpalle · Mominpet | 2,173 | 49% | 2.3 km NW |
| Durgamcheru · Mominpet | 1,862 | 55% | 2.3 km SW |
| Ramnathgudpalle · Mominpet | 1,328 | 56% | 2.2 km E |
| Kojjavanampalle · Nawabpet | 1,435 | 53% | 2.9 km SE |
| Govindapur · Mominpet | 894 | 45% | 2.9 km NE |
| Kadcharla · Nawabpet | 1,211 | 53% | 2.9 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Velchal
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- VICARABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 78
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VELCHAL
- Total area (ha)
- 1,172
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 34.8
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Velchal
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Key facts — Velchal
- LGD code
- 574013
- Pincode
- 501202
- Post office
- Mominpet
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,696
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,000
- Households
- 367
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1031
- Literacy rate
- 57.7%
- Coordinates
- 17.47235°N, 77.88280°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Chevella
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vicarabad
- Member of Parliament
- Konda Vishweshwar Reddy
- Block / Mandal
- Mominpet
- Nearest railway station
- Sadashivapet Road (1.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Velchal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Hyderabad65 kmcapital
- Bengaluru501 km
- Chennai551 km
- Mumbai558 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSadashivapet Road2 km
- Bus stopNawabpet Busstand10 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre, Mominpet5 km
- ATM / bankAndhra bank5 km
- Petrol pumpIBP PETROL PUMP14 km
- CollegeTakshashila Degree college14 km
- Police stationPolice Station Nawabpet10 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Sadashivapet Road1.6 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 501202
- MominpetMominpet mandal8,229 pop
- Marpalle KalanMarpalle mandal7,282 pop
- PatloorMarpalle mandal5,565 pop
- YenkathalaMominpet mandal4,146 pop
- SirpuraMarpalle mandal4,002 pop
- TekulapalleMominpet mandal3,570 pop
- BuchanpalleMarpalle mandal3,223 pop
- KalkodaMarpalle mandal3,036 pop
- KothlapurMarpalle mandal2,977 pop
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Other villages named Velchal
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Villages near Velchal
Other villages in Mominpet mandal
View all 22 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)