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About Vaghai Village

Vaghai is a mid sized village in Bansda tehsil, in the district of Navsari, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 280 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 753.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 396580, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vaghai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vaghai village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Navsari
Tehsil Bansda
Pincode 396580
Area (hectares) 753.89 hectares
Population 590
Male Population 280
Female Population 310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,107
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Vaghai compares

By the 2011 count Vaghai is the 88th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,283 residents. Its 753.89 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Vaghai

Vaghai 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 Vaghai 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Vaghai from other places

Vaghai lies about 63 km from Navsari, and the nearest railway station is Waghai, about under 2 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 Vaghai
Nearest railway station Waghai under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bansda 14 km
Nearest town Vyāra 39 km
District headquarters Navsari 63 km

Villages closest to Vaghai

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

Common questions about Vaghai

As per the Census of India 2011, Vaghai village had a population of 590. That makes it the 88th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,283 residents.

Vaghai village has 280 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vaghai has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Vaghai is 396580. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vaghai covers 753.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Vaghai falls under Bansda tehsil of Navsari district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Vaghai is Waghai, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Vaghai.

Vaghai is about 63 km from Navsari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vaghai is in Bansda tehsil of Navsari district. Waghai is about under 2 km away. Bansda is about 14 km away. Vyāra is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bansda (14 km), Bhinar (18 km) and Nirpan (19 km).

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

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