About Waddam Village

Waddam is a small village in Sironcha tehsil, in the district of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 233 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.74 hectares hectares.

Waddam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Waddam village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gadchiroli
Tehsil	Sironcha
Area (hectares)	133.74 hectares
Population	479
Male Population	233
Female Population	246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Waddam compares

By the 2011 count Waddam is the 50th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 591 residents. Its 133.74 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Waddam

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

Waddam lies about 161 km from Gadchiroli, and the nearest railway station is Ramagundam, about 68 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 Waddam
Tehsil headquarters	Sironcha	18 km
Nearest town	Chinnūr	33 km
Nearest railway station	Ramagundam	68 km
District headquarters	Gadchiroli	161 km

Villages closest to Waddam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Waddam village had a population of 479. That makes it the 50th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 591 residents.

Waddam village has 233 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Waddam has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Waddam covers 133.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Waddam falls under Sironcha tehsil of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Waddam is Ramagundam, about 68 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 Waddam.

Waddam is about 161 km from Gadchiroli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Waddam is in Sironcha tehsil of Gadchiroli district. Sironcha is about 18 km away. Chinnūr is about 33 km away. Ramagundam is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.