About Watangi Village

Watangi is a large village in Ajra tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,035, made up of 927 males and 1,108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,195 females per 1000 males. The village covers 909 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416504, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Watangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Watangi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Ajra
Pincode	416504
Area (hectares)	909 hectares
Population	2,035
Male Population	927
Female Population	1,108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,195
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Watangi compares

By the 2011 count Watangi is the 6th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 909 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

Getting to Watangi

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

Watangi lies about 69 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Belagavi, about 36 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 Watangi
Tehsil headquarters	Ajra	7.2 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	19 km
Nearest railway station	Belagavi	36 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	69 km

Villages closest to Watangi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Watangi village had a population of 2,035. That makes it the 6th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Watangi village has 927 males and 1,108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Watangi has about 1195 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1117.

The pincode recorded for Watangi is 416504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Watangi covers 909 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Watangi falls under Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Watangi is Belagavi, about 36 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 Watangi.

Watangi is about 69 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Watangi is in Ajra tehsil of Kolhapur district. Ajra is about 7.2 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 19 km away. Belagavi is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.