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About Wal Amarai Village

Wal Amarai is a mid sized village in Nawapur tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,634, made up of 787 males and 847 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 425418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wal Amarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wal Amarai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nandurbar
Tehsil Nawapur
Pincode 425418
Area (hectares) 404 hectares
Population 1,634
Male Population 787
Female Population 847
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,076
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wal Amarai compares

By the 2011 count Wal Amarai is the 44th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 404 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Wal Amarai

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

Wal Amarai lies about 9.4 km from Nandurbar, and the nearest railway station is Dhekvad, about 2.6 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 Wal Amarai
Nearest railway station Dhekvad 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawapur 9.4 km
District headquarters Nandurbar 9.4 km

Villages closest to Wal Amarai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawapur 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 Wal Amarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Wal Amarai village had a population of 1,634. That makes it the 44th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Wal Amarai village has 787 males and 847 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wal Amarai has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Wal Amarai is 425418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wal Amarai covers 404 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wal Amarai falls under Nawapur tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wal Amarai is Dhekvad, about 2.6 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 Wal Amarai.

Wal Amarai is about 9.4 km from Nandurbar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wal Amarai is in Nawapur tehsil of Nandurbar district. Dhekvad is about 2.6 km away. Nawapur is about 9.4 km away. Nandurbar is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Borpada (3.4 km), Bijadevi (4.2 km) and Bijgaon (5.0 km).

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

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