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About Wakadi Village

Wakadi is a large village in Jamner tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,465, made up of 2,386 males and 2,079 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1718.21 hectares hectares.

Wakadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Jamner
Area (hectares) 1718.21 hectares
Population 4,465
Male Population 2,386
Female Population 2,079
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wakadi compares

By the 2011 count Wakadi is the 12th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,940 residents. Its 1718.21 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 922.

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 village. 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 Wakadi from other places

Wakadi lies about 45 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhagdara, about 10 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 Bhagdara 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Jamner 16 km
Nearest town Jāmner 16 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 45 km

Villages closest to Wakadi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jamner 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 4,465. That makes it the 12th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,940 residents.

Wakadi village has 2,386 males and 2,079 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakadi has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Wakadi covers 1718.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wakadi falls under Jamner tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wakadi is Bhagdara, about 10 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 village for Wakadi.

Wakadi is about 45 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 Jamner tehsil of Jalgaon district. Bhagdara is about 10 km away. Jamner is about 16 km away. Jāmner 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 Karnafata (2.3 km), Rahere Tarf Wakadi (2.9 km) and Gorad Khede (3.0 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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