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About Wadfali Village

Wadfali is a mid sized village in Akkalkuwa tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,764, made up of 930 males and 834 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294.46 hectares hectares.

Wadfali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadfali village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nandurbar
Tehsil Akkalkuwa
Area (hectares) 294.46 hectares
Population 1,764
Male Population 930
Female Population 834
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wadfali compares

By the 2011 count Wadfali is the 34th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents. Its 294.46 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Wadfali

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

Wadfali lies about 58 km from Nandurbar, and the nearest railway station is Kevadiya, about 23 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 Wadfali
Nearest railway station Kevadiya 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Akkalkuwa 27 km
Nearest town Rājpīpla 39 km
District headquarters Nandurbar 58 km

Villages closest to Wadfali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadfali village had a population of 1,764. That makes it the 34th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents.

Wadfali village has 930 males and 834 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadfali has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Wadfali covers 294.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wadfali falls under Akkalkuwa tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wadfali is Kevadiya, about 23 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 Wadfali.

Wadfali is about 58 km from Nandurbar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wadfali is in Akkalkuwa tehsil of Nandurbar district. Kevadiya is about 23 km away. Akkalkuwa is about 27 km away. Rājpīpla is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hunakhamb (7.0 km), Pimpalkhuta (9.2 km) and Mogra (9.4 km).

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

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