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About Wadgaon Village

Wadgaon is a mid sized village in Narkhed tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,001, made up of 538 males and 463 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 719.3 hectares hectares.

Wadgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nagpur
Tehsil Narkhed
Area (hectares) 719.3 hectares
Population 1,001
Male Population 538
Female Population 463
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Wadgaon compares

By the 2011 count Wadgaon is the 35th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 910 residents. Its 719.3 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Wadgaon

Wadgaon 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 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wadgaon from other places

Wadgaon lies about 30 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is Bamhni, about 8.9 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
Nearest railway station Bamhni 8.9 km
Nearest town Umred 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Narkhed 30 km
District headquarters Nagpur 30 km

Villages closest to Wadgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narkhed 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 1,001. That makes it the 35th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 910 residents.

Wadgaon village has 538 males and 463 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadgaon has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Wadgaon covers 719.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wadgaon falls under Narkhed tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wadgaon is Bamhni, about 8.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Wadgaon is in Narkhed tehsil of Nagpur district. Bamhni is about 8.9 km away. Umred is about 12 km away. Narkhed is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharashi (4.7 km), Khapri (6.4 km) and Khaprikene (6.4 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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