About Wadgaon Village

Wadgaon is a mid sized village in Barshitakli tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,487, made up of 780 males and 707 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465 hectares hectares.

Wadgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Tehsil	Barshitakli
Area (hectares)	465 hectares
Population	1,487
Male Population	780
Female Population	707
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wadgaon compares

By the 2011 count Wadgaon is the 23rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 465 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 932.

Getting to Wadgaon

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

Wadgaon lies about 30 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Katepurna, about 17 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 Wadgaon
Nearest railway station	Katepurna	17 km
Nearest town	Murtajāpur	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barshitakli	30 km
District headquarters	Akola	30 km

Villages closest to Wadgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadgaon village had a population of 1,487. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Wadgaon village has 780 males and 707 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadgaon has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Wadgaon covers 465 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wadgaon falls under Barshitakli tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wadgaon is Katepurna, about 17 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 Wadgaon.

Wadgaon is about 30 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wadgaon is in Barshitakli tehsil of Akola district. Katepurna is about 17 km away. Murtajāpur is about 22 km away. Barshitakli is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.