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About Wakeshwar Village

Wakeshwar is a mid sized village in Mauda tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,237, made up of 612 males and 625 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 452.82 hectares hectares.

Wakeshwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakeshwar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nagpur
Tehsil Mauda
Area (hectares) 452.82 hectares
Population 1,237
Male Population 612
Female Population 625
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Wakeshwar compares

By the 2011 count Wakeshwar is the 27th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents. Its 452.82 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Wakeshwar

Wakeshwar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Wakeshwar 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wakeshwar from other places

Wakeshwar lies about 47 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Rewral, about 5.5 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 Wakeshwar
Nearest railway station Rewral 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Mauda 20 km
Nearest town Bhandāra 20 km
District headquarters Nagpur 47 km

Villages closest to Wakeshwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wakeshwar village had a population of 1,237. That makes it the 27th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents.

Wakeshwar village has 612 males and 625 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakeshwar has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Wakeshwar covers 452.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wakeshwar falls under Mauda tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wakeshwar is Rewral, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Wakeshwar.

Wakeshwar is about 47 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wakeshwar is in Mauda tehsil of Nagpur district. Rewral is about 5.5 km away. Mauda is about 20 km away. Bhandāra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ijani (under 2 km), Indori (under 2 km) and Indora (1.5 km).

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

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