About Wacha Village

Wacha is a mid sized village in Chitapur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,707, made up of 869 males and 838 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 987.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wacha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wacha village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chitapur
Pincode	585312
Area (hectares)	987.23 hectares
Population	1,707
Male Population	869
Female Population	838
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wacha compares

By the 2011 count Wacha is the 58th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 987.23 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Wacha

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

Wacha lies about 23 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Hirenanduru, about 20 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 Wacha
Nearest railway station	Hirenanduru	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitapur	21 km
Nearest town	Chītāpur	21 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	23 km

Villages closest to Wacha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wacha village had a population of 1,707. That makes it the 58th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Wacha village has 869 males and 838 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wacha has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Wacha is 585312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wacha covers 987.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wacha falls under Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Wacha is Hirenanduru, about 20 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 10+ km distance for Wacha.

Wacha is about 23 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wacha is in Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Hirenanduru is about 20 km away. Chitapur is about 21 km away. Chītāpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.