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About Wategaon Village

Wategaon is a mid sized village in Hadgaon tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,257, made up of 638 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 653.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431712, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wategaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wategaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Hadgaon
Pincode 431712
Area (hectares) 653.14 hectares
Population 1,257
Male Population 638
Female Population 619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 970
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wategaon compares

By the 2011 count Wategaon is the 66th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,561 residents. Its 653.14 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Wategaon

Wategaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wategaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Wategaon from other places

Wategaon lies about 66 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Bolda, about 34 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 Wategaon
Nearest town Umarkhed 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Hadgaon 26 km
Nearest railway station Bolda 34 km
District headquarters Nanded 66 km

Villages closest to Wategaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wategaon village had a population of 1,257. That makes it the 66th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,561 residents.

Wategaon village has 638 males and 619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wategaon has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Wategaon is 431712. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wategaon covers 653.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wategaon falls under Hadgaon tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wategaon is Bolda, about 34 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 <5 km distance for Wategaon.

Wategaon is about 66 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wategaon is in Hadgaon tehsil of Nanded district. Umarkhed is about 18 km away. Hadgaon is about 26 km away. Bolda is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dorli (under 2 km), Waki (5.7 km) and Irapur (7.5 km).

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

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