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About Waghira Village

Waghira is a mid sized village in Patoda tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,575, made up of 815 males and 760 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 628.14 hectares hectares.

Waghira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Waghira village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Patoda
Area (hectares) 628.14 hectares
Population 1,575
Male Population 815
Female Population 760
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Waghira compares

By the 2011 count Waghira is the 26th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,203 residents. Its 628.14 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Waghira

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

Waghira lies about 25 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Amalner Bhandyache, about 32 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 Waghira
Tehsil headquarters Patoda 14 km
District headquarters Bid 25 km
Nearest town Beed 25 km
Nearest railway station Amalner Bhandyache 32 km

Villages closest to Waghira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Waghira village had a population of 1,575. That makes it the 26th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,203 residents.

Waghira village has 815 males and 760 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Waghira has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

Waghira covers 628.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Waghira falls under Patoda tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Waghira is Amalner Bhandyache, about 32 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 Waghira.

Waghira is about 25 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Waghira is in Patoda tehsil of Bid district. Patoda is about 14 km away. Bid is about 25 km away. Beed is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mengdewadi (1.7 km), Bhyala (2.2 km) and Vaidhyakinhi (3.6 km).

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

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