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About Wardha Village

Wardha is a small village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 77, made up of 36 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,139 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1446.45 hectares hectares.

Wardha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wardha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 1446.45 hectares
Population 77
Male Population 36
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,139
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wardha compares

By the 2011 count Wardha is the 118th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 1446.45 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 1013.

Getting to Wardha

Wardha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Wardha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Wardha from other places

Wardha lies about 50 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Salekasa, about 35 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 Wardha
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 12 km
Nearest railway station Salekasa 35 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 43 km
District headquarters Balaghat 50 km

Villages closest to Wardha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wardha village had a population of 77. That makes it the 118th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Wardha village has 36 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wardha has about 1139 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Wardha covers 1446.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wardha falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Wardha is Salekasa, about 35 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Wardha.

Wardha is about 50 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wardha is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 12 km away. Salekasa is about 35 km away. Khairāgarh is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bijagarh (4.7 km), Belgaon (5.2 km) and Newarwahi (5.5 km).

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

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