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About Wadgaon Village

Wadgaon is a mid sized village in Nilanga tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,447, made up of 762 males and 685 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435 hectares hectares.

Wadgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Latur
Tehsil Nilanga
Area (hectares) 435 hectares
Population 1,447
Male Population 762
Female Population 685
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wadgaon compares

By the 2011 count Wadgaon is the 77th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents. Its 435 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Wadgaon

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

Wadgaon lies about 25 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Bhatangali, about 26 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 Wadgaon
Tehsil headquarters Nilanga 12 km
District headquarters Latur 25 km
Nearest railway station Bhatangali 26 km

Villages closest to Wadgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadgaon village had a population of 1,447. That makes it the 77th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents.

Wadgaon village has 762 males and 685 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadgaon has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Wadgaon covers 435 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wadgaon falls under Nilanga tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wadgaon is Bhatangali, about 26 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 Wadgaon.

Wadgaon is about 25 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wadgaon is in Nilanga tehsil of Latur district. Nilanga is about 12 km away. Latur is about 25 km away. Bhatangali is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gunewadi (under 2 km), Hadga (3.3 km) and Shindi Jawalga (3.7 km).

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

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