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About Wakadi Village

Wakadi is a mid sized village in Jalgaon tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 507, made up of 269 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 593.75 hectares hectares.

Wakadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Jalgaon
Area (hectares) 593.75 hectares
Population 507
Male Population 269
Female Population 238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Wakadi compares

By the 2011 count Wakadi is the 74th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 593.75 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Wakadi

The census records public bus service for Wakadi as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Wakadi from other places

Wakadi lies about 16 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Mhasavad, about 2.5 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
Nearest railway station Mhasavad 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalgaon 16 km

Villages closest to Wakadi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalgaon 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 507. That makes it the 74th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Wakadi village has 269 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakadi has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Wakadi covers 593.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wakadi falls under Jalgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wakadi is Mhasavad, about 2.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Wakadi.

Wakadi is about 16 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 Jalgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district. Mhasavad is about 2.5 km away. Jalgaon is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurhadade (1.7 km), Bilwadi (2.8 km) and Lamanjan P Bornar (2.9 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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