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About Wadkhel Village

Wadkhel is a mid sized village in Parli tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,265, made up of 673 males and 592 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 545.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wadkhel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadkhel village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Parli
Pincode 431511
Area (hectares) 545.61 hectares
Population 1,265
Male Population 673
Female Population 592
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wadkhel compares

By the 2011 count Wadkhel is the 58th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,869 residents. Its 545.61 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Wadkhel

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

Wadkhel lies about 71 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Parli-Vaijnath, about 13 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 Wadkhel
Nearest railway station Parli-Vaijnath 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Parli 14 km
Nearest town Parli Vaijnāth 14 km
District headquarters Bid 71 km

Villages closest to Wadkhel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadkhel village had a population of 1,265. That makes it the 58th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,869 residents.

Wadkhel village has 673 males and 592 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadkhel has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

The pincode recorded for Wadkhel is 431511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wadkhel covers 545.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wadkhel falls under Parli tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wadkhel is Parli-Vaijnath, about 13 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 Wadkhel.

Wadkhel is about 71 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wadkhel is in Parli tehsil of Bid district. Parli-Vaijnath is about 13 km away. Parli is about 14 km away. Parli Vaijnāth is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tadoli (2.5 km), Parchundi (2.5 km) and Sabdarabad (2.7 km).

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

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