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About Wakadi Village

Wakadi is a mid sized village in Chalisgaon tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,699, made up of 898 males and 801 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 800 hectares hectares.

Wakadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Chalisgaon
Area (hectares) 800 hectares
Population 1,699
Male Population 898
Female Population 801
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Wakadi compares

By the 2011 count Wakadi is the 72nd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,160 residents. Its 800 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Wakadi

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

How far is Wakadi from other places

Wakadi lies about 80 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Chalisgaon Junction, about 6.9 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 Wakadi
Tehsil headquarters Chalisgaon 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Chalisgaon Junction 6.9 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 80 km

Villages closest to Wakadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wakadi village had a population of 1,699. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,160 residents.

Wakadi village has 898 males and 801 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakadi has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Wakadi covers 800 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wakadi falls under Chalisgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wakadi is Chalisgaon Junction, about 6.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Wakadi is about 80 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wakadi is in Chalisgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district. Chalisgaon is about 5.1 km away. Chalisgaon Junction is about 6.9 km away. Jalgaon is about 80 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Waghadu (under 2 km), Mundkhede Bk (3.7 km) and Bangaon (3.8 km).

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

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