About Wai Village

Wai is a mid sized village in Kalamnuri tehsil, in the district of Hingoli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,582, made up of 840 males and 742 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 538 hectares hectares.

Wai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wai village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Hingoli
Tehsil	Kalamnuri
Area (hectares)	538 hectares
Population	1,582
Male Population	840
Female Population	742
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wai compares

By the 2011 count Wai is the 42nd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,458 residents. Its 538 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Wai

Wai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wai from other places

Wai lies about 24 km from Hingoli, and the nearest railway station is Nandapur, about 17 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 Wai
Tehsil headquarters	Kalamnuri	6.0 km
Nearest town	Kalamnūri	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Nandapur	17 km
District headquarters	Hingoli	24 km

Villages closest to Wai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wai village had a population of 1,582. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,458 residents.

Wai village has 840 males and 742 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wai has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Wai covers 538 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wai falls under Kalamnuri tehsil of Hingoli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wai is Nandapur, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance for Wai.

Wai 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.

Wai is in Kalamnuri tehsil of Hingoli district. Kalamnuri is about 6.0 km away. Kalamnūri is about 6.0 km away. Nandapur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.