About Wakal Village

Wakal is a mid sized village in Sindewahi tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,017, made up of 500 males and 517 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 604.73 hectares hectares.

Wakal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Sindewahi
Area (hectares)	604.73 hectares
Population	1,017
Male Population	500
Female Population	517
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Wakal compares

By the 2011 count Wakal is the 30th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents. Its 604.73 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Wakal

Wakal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wakal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wakal from other places

Wakal lies about 49 km from Chandrapur. 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 Wakal
Tehsil headquarters	Sindewahi	4.8 km
Nearest town	Mūl	23 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	49 km

Villages closest to Wakal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wakal village had a population of 1,017. That makes it the 30th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents.

Wakal village has 500 males and 517 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakal has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Wakal covers 604.73 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.

Wakal falls under Sindewahi tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Wakal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Wakal.

Wakal is about 49 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wakal is in Sindewahi tehsil of Chandrapur district. Sindewahi is about 4.8 km away. Mūl is about 23 km away. Chandrapur is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.