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About Waghala Village

Waghala is a mid sized village in Mantha tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,022, made up of 541 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 494.63 hectares hectares.

Waghala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Waghala village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalna
Tehsil Mantha
Area (hectares) 494.63 hectares
Population 1,022
Male Population 541
Female Population 481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Waghala compares

By the 2011 count Waghala is the 64th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,469 residents. Its 494.63 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, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Waghala

Waghala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Waghala 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 Waghala from other places

Waghala lies about 55 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Paradgaon, about 40 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 Waghala
Nearest town Lonar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Mantha 27 km
Nearest railway station Paradgaon 40 km
District headquarters Jalna 55 km

Villages closest to Waghala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Waghala village had a population of 1,022. That makes it the 64th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,469 residents.

Waghala village has 541 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Waghala has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Waghala covers 494.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Waghala falls under Mantha tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Waghala is Paradgaon, about 40 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 Waghala.

Waghala is about 55 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Waghala is in Mantha tehsil of Jalna district. Lonar is about 16 km away. Mantha is about 27 km away. Paradgaon is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kirla (2.1 km), Takalkhopa (2.5 km) and Bhuwan (2.6 km).

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

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