About Wankaner Village

Wankaner is one of the larger villages in Savli tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,770, made up of 4,596 males and 4,174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1640.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391780, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wankaner Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wankaner village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Vadodara
Tehsil	Savli
Pincode	391780
Area (hectares)	1640.92 hectares
Population	8,770
Male Population	4,596
Female Population	4,174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wankaner compares

By the 2011 count Wankaner is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,770 residents. Its 1640.92 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Wankaner

Wankaner is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wankaner as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Wankaner from other places

Wankaner lies about under 2 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Pratapnagar, about 2.0 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 Wankaner
District headquarters	Vadodara	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Pratapnagar	2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Savli	29 km

Villages closest to Wankaner

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wankaner village had a population of 8,770. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,770 residents.

Wankaner village has 4,596 males and 4,174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wankaner has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Wankaner is 391780. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wankaner covers 1640.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wankaner falls under Savli tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Wankaner is Pratapnagar, about 2.0 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Wankaner.

Wankaner is about under 2 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wankaner is in Savli tehsil of Vadodara district. Vadodara is about under 2 km away. Pratapnagar is about 2.0 km away. Savli is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.