About Wai Village

Wai is a large village in Mantha tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,000, made up of 1,029 males and 971 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1878.54 hectares hectares.

Wai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wai village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalna
Tehsil	Mantha
Area (hectares)	1878.54 hectares
Population	2,000
Male Population	1,029
Female Population	971
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wai compares

By the 2011 count Wai is the 22nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,469 residents. Its 1878.54 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Wai

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

Wai lies about 38 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Paradgaon, about 13 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 Wai
Nearest railway station	Paradgaon	13 km
Nearest town	Partūr	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mantha	19 km
District headquarters	Jalna	38 km

Villages closest to Wai

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.

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Common questions about Wai

As per the Census of India 2011, Wai village had a population of 2,000. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,469 residents.

Wai village has 1,029 males and 971 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wai has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Wai covers 1878.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wai falls under Mantha tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wai is Paradgaon, about 13 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 Wai.

Wai is about 38 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wai is in Mantha tehsil of Jalna district. Paradgaon is about 13 km away. Partūr is about 14 km away. Mantha is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.