About Wakhrad Village

Wakhrad is a mid sized village in Kandhar tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 952, made up of 503 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 642.74 hectares hectares.

Wakhrad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakhrad village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Kandhar
Area (hectares)	642.74 hectares
Population	952
Male Population	503
Female Population	449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wakhrad compares

By the 2011 count Wakhrad is the 89th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents. Its 642.74 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Wakhrad

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

Wakhrad lies about 35 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Hazur Sahib Nanded, about 35 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 Wakhrad
Nearest town	Kandahār	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandhar	35 km
District headquarters	Nanded	35 km
Nearest railway station	Hazur Sahib Nanded	35 km

Villages closest to Wakhrad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wakhrad village had a population of 952. That makes it the 89th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents.

Wakhrad village has 503 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakhrad has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Wakhrad covers 642.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wakhrad falls under Kandhar tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wakhrad is Hazur Sahib Nanded, about 35 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 Wakhrad.

Wakhrad is about 35 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wakhrad is in Kandhar tehsil of Nanded district. Kandahār is about 8.1 km away. Kandhar is about 35 km away. Nanded is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.