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About Wadikalya Village

Wadikalya is a mid sized village in Ambad tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,944, made up of 1,025 males and 919 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1140 hectares hectares.

Wadikalya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadikalya village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalna
Tehsil Ambad
Area (hectares) 1140 hectares
Population 1,944
Male Population 1,025
Female Population 919
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wadikalya compares

By the 2011 count Wadikalya is the 36th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents. Its 1140 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Wadikalya

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

How far is Wadikalya from other places

Wadikalya lies about 39 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Kodi, about 31 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 Wadikalya
Tehsil headquarters Ambad 14 km
Nearest railway station Kodi 31 km
District headquarters Jalna 39 km

Villages closest to Wadikalya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadikalya village had a population of 1,944. That makes it the 36th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents.

Wadikalya village has 1,025 males and 919 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadikalya has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Wadikalya covers 1140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wadikalya falls under Ambad tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wadikalya is Kodi, about 31 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 10+ km distance for Wadikalya.

Wadikalya is about 39 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wadikalya is in Ambad tehsil of Jalna district. Ambad is about 14 km away. Kodi is about 31 km away. Jalna is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kukkadgaon (3.0 km), Sukhapuri (3.1 km) and Rui (3.6 km).

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

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