About Wai Village

Wai is a mid sized village in Katol tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,011, made up of 518 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.64 hectares hectares.

Wai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wai village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Tehsil	Katol
Area (hectares)	241.64 hectares
Population	1,011
Male Population	518
Female Population	493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
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 30th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 241.64 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

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 44 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Metpanjra, about 6.7 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	Metpanjra	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katol	11 km
Nearest town	Kātol	11 km
District headquarters	Nagpur	44 km

Villages closest to Wai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katol 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 1,011. That makes it the 30th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Wai village has 518 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wai has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

Wai covers 241.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wai falls under Katol tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wai is Metpanjra, about 6.7 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 44 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wai is in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district. Metpanjra is about 6.7 km away. Katol is about 11 km away. Kātol is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.