About Wai Village

Wai is a mid sized village in Akot tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 570, made up of 298 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531.7 hectares hectares.

Wai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wai village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Tehsil	Akot
Area (hectares)	531.7 hectares
Population	570
Male Population	298
Female Population	272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Wai compares

By the 2011 count Wai is the 85th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 531.7 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Wai

Wai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wai 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wai from other places

Wai lies about 47 km from Akola. 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 Wai
Tehsil headquarters	Akot	5.9 km
District headquarters	Akola	47 km

Villages closest to Wai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wai village had a population of 570. That makes it the 85th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Wai village has 298 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wai has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Wai covers 531.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wai falls under Akot tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Wai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Wai.

Wai is about 47 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wai is in Akot tehsil of Akola district. Akot is about 5.9 km away. Akola is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.