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About Wapti Village

Wapti is a large village in Basmath tehsil, in the district of Hingoli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,015, made up of 1,041 males and 974 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 966.68 hectares hectares.

Wapti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wapti village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Hingoli
Tehsil Basmath
Area (hectares) 966.68 hectares
Population 2,015
Male Population 1,041
Female Population 974
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Wapti compares

By the 2011 count Wapti is the 36th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents. Its 966.68 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Wapti

Wapti is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Wapti 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wapti from other places

Wapti lies about 24 km from Hingoli, and the nearest railway station is Pangara Shinde, about under 2 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 Wapti
Nearest railway station Pangara Shinde under 2 km
Nearest town Kalamnūri 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Basmath 23 km
District headquarters Hingoli 24 km

Villages closest to Wapti

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

Common questions about Wapti

As per the Census of India 2011, Wapti village had a population of 2,015. That makes it the 36th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents.

Wapti village has 1,041 males and 974 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wapti has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Wapti covers 966.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wapti falls under Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wapti is Pangara Shinde, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Wapti.

Wapti is about 24 km from Hingoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wapti is in Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district. Pangara Shinde is about under 2 km away. Kalamnūri is about 19 km away. Basmath is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pangra Shinde (2.2 km), Kupti (2.2 km) and Khapar Kheda (3.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Wapti today is likely to be higher.

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