About Walad Village

Walad is a mid sized village in Amgaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,027, made up of 524 males and 503 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412 hectares hectares.

Walad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Walad village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Amgaon
Area (hectares)	412 hectares
Population	1,027
Male Population	524
Female Population	503
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Walad compares

By the 2011 count Walad is the 46th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,406 residents. Its 412 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Walad

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

Walad lies about 28 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Dhanoli, about 7.0 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 Walad
Nearest railway station	Dhanoli	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amgaon	10 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	28 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	28 km

Villages closest to Walad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Walad village had a population of 1,027. That makes it the 46th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,406 residents.

Walad village has 524 males and 503 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Walad has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Walad covers 412 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Walad falls under Amgaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Walad is Dhanoli, about 7.0 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 Walad.

Walad is about 28 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Walad is in Amgaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Dhanoli is about 7.0 km away. Amgaon is about 10 km away. Gondiya is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.