About Wako Village

Wako is a mid sized village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 550, made up of 281 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 613.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wako Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wako village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Manpur
Pincode	491229
Area (hectares)	613.09 hectares
Population	550
Male Population	281
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wako compares

By the 2011 count Wako is the 49th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 613.09 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Wako

Wako is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wako as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wako from other places

Wako lies about 71 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 26 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Wako
Tehsil headquarters	Manpur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Gudum	26 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	27 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	71 km

Villages closest to Wako

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manpur tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Wako

As per the Census of India 2011, Wako village had a population of 550. That makes it the 49th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Wako village has 281 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wako has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Wako is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wako covers 613.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wako falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Wako is Gudum, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Wako.

Wako is about 71 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wako is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 17 km away. Gudum is about 26 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.