About Wedgaon Village

Wedgaon is a mid sized village in Gondpipri tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,180, made up of 597 males and 583 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 986.05 hectares hectares.

Wedgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wedgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Gondpipri
Area (hectares)	986.05 hectares
Population	1,180
Male Population	597
Female Population	583
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wedgaon compares

By the 2011 count Wedgaon is the 15th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 809 residents. Its 986.05 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Wedgaon

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

Wedgaon lies about 55 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Sirpur Town, about 8.0 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 Wedgaon
Nearest railway station	Sirpur Town	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gondpipri	21 km
Nearest town	Kagaznāgār	27 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	55 km

Villages closest to Wedgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wedgaon village had a population of 1,180. That makes it the 15th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 809 residents.

Wedgaon village has 597 males and 583 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wedgaon has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Wedgaon covers 986.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wedgaon falls under Gondpipri tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wedgaon is Sirpur Town, about 8.0 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 Wedgaon.

Wedgaon is about 55 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wedgaon is in Gondpipri tehsil of Chandrapur district. Sirpur Town is about 8.0 km away. Gondpipri is about 21 km away. Kagaznāgār is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.