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About Watpur Village

Watpur is a mid sized village in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,414, made up of 783 males and 631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1032.2 hectares hectares.

Watpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Watpur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
Tehsil Nandgaon Khandeshwar
Area (hectares) 1032.2 hectares
Population 1,414
Male Population 783
Female Population 631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 806
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Watpur compares

By the 2011 count Watpur is the 27th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 998 residents. Its 1032.2 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 941.

Getting to Watpur

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

Watpur lies about 21 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Takli, about 8.5 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 Watpur
Nearest railway station Takli 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Nandgaon Khandeshwar 19 km
District headquarters Amravati 21 km

Villages closest to Watpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nandgaon Khandeshwar 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 Watpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Watpur village had a population of 1,414. That makes it the 27th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 998 residents.

Watpur village has 783 males and 631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Watpur has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Watpur covers 1032.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Watpur falls under Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Watpur is Takli, about 8.5 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 Watpur.

Watpur is about 21 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Watpur is in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil of Amravati district. Takli is about 8.5 km away. Nandgaon Khandeshwar is about 19 km away. Amravati is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nandura (2.1 km), Bopnemtabad (2.8 km) and Nagzari (3.3 km).

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

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