About Waka Village

Waka is a mid sized village in Parli tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,605, made up of 837 males and 768 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 953 hectares hectares.

Waka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Waka village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bid
Tehsil	Parli
Area (hectares)	953 hectares
Population	1,605
Male Population	837
Female Population	768
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Waka compares

By the 2011 count Waka is the 49th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,869 residents. Its 953 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Waka

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

Waka lies about 65 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Parli-Vaijnath, about 19 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 Waka
Nearest railway station	Parli-Vaijnath	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Parli	20 km
Nearest town	Parli Vaijnāth	20 km
District headquarters	Bid	65 km

Villages closest to Waka

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.

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Common questions about Waka

As per the Census of India 2011, Waka village had a population of 1,605. That makes it the 49th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,869 residents.

Waka village has 837 males and 768 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Waka has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 916.

Waka covers 953 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Waka falls under Parli tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Waka is Parli-Vaijnath, about 19 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 Waka.

Waka is about 65 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Waka is in Parli tehsil of Bid district. Parli-Vaijnath is about 19 km away. Parli is about 20 km away. Parli Vaijnāth is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.