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About Wai Village

Wai is a small village in Chandur Railway tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 233, made up of 123 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.71 hectares hectares.

Wai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Chandur Railway
Area (hectares) 300.71 hectares
Population 233
Male Population 123
Female Population 110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Wai compares

By the 2011 count Wai is the 61st largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 994 residents. Its 300.71 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Wai

Wai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. 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 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 33 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Dipore, about under 2 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 Wai
Nearest railway station Dipore under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandur Railway 5.7 km
Nearest town Dattāpur 12 km
District headquarters Amravati 33 km

Villages closest to Wai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wai village had a population of 233. That makes it the 61st largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 994 residents.

Wai village has 123 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wai has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Wai covers 300.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wai falls under Chandur Railway tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wai is Dipore, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 33 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wai is in Chandur Railway tehsil of Amravati district. Dipore is about under 2 km away. Chandur Railway is about 5.7 km away. Dattāpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sangulwada (under 2 km), Bagapur (1.9 km) and Ismailpur (2.3 km).

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

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