About Wakad Village

Wakad is a large village in Bhokar tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,032, made up of 1,093 males and 939 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1621.14 hectares hectares.

Wakad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakad village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Bhokar
Area (hectares)	1621.14 hectares
Population	2,032
Male Population	1,093
Female Population	939
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wakad compares

By the 2011 count Wakad is the 15th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,327 residents. Its 1621.14 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 956.

Getting to Wakad

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

Wakad lies about 28 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Jambhali, about 8.4 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 Wakad
Nearest railway station	Jambhali	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhokar	10 km
District headquarters	Nanded	28 km

Villages closest to Wakad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wakad village had a population of 2,032. That makes it the 15th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,327 residents.

Wakad village has 1,093 males and 939 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakad has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Wakad covers 1621.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wakad falls under Bhokar tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wakad is Jambhali, about 8.4 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 village for Wakad.

Wakad is about 28 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wakad is in Bhokar tehsil of Nanded district. Jambhali is about 8.4 km away. Bhokar is about 10 km away. Nanded is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.