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About Wighavali Village

Wighavali is a mid sized village in Mangaon tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 505, made up of 251 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175 hectares hectares.

Wighavali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wighavali village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Mangaon
Area (hectares) 175 hectares
Population 505
Male Population 251
Female Population 254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Wighavali compares

By the 2011 count Wighavali is the 98th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 175 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Wighavali

Wighavali is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Wighavali as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Waki Tarf Nijampur, Warachiwadi, Warak and Wave Diwali. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Wighavali

As per the Census of India 2011, Wighavali village had a population of 505. That makes it the 98th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Wighavali village has 251 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wighavali has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Wighavali covers 175 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wighavali falls under Mangaon tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Wighavali notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Wighavali.

Wighavali is in Mangaon tehsil of Raigarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Wighavali today is likely to be higher.

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