About Wejgaon Village

Wejgaon is a mid sized village in Gondpipri tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 952, made up of 500 males and 452 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 911.37 hectares hectares.

Wejgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wejgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Gondpipri
Area (hectares)	911.37 hectares
Population	952
Male Population	500
Female Population	452
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wejgaon compares

By the 2011 count Wejgaon is the 24th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 809 residents. Its 911.37 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Wejgaon

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

Wejgaon lies about 43 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Wirur, about 8.3 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 Wejgaon
Nearest railway station	Wirur	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gondpipri	22 km
Nearest town	Rājūra	23 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	43 km

Villages closest to Wejgaon

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 Wejgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Wejgaon village had a population of 952. That makes it the 24th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 809 residents.

Wejgaon village has 500 males and 452 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wejgaon has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Wejgaon covers 911.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wejgaon falls under Gondpipri tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wejgaon is Wirur, about 8.3 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 Wejgaon.

Wejgaon is about 43 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wejgaon is in Gondpipri tehsil of Chandrapur district. Wirur is about 8.3 km away. Gondpipri is about 22 km away. Rājūra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.