About Wakwad Village

Wakwad is a mid sized village in Bhum tehsil, in the district of Osmanabad, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,383, made up of 738 males and 645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1531.42 hectares hectares.

Wakwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakwad village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Osmanabad
Tehsil	Bhum
Area (hectares)	1531.42 hectares
Population	1,383
Male Population	738
Female Population	645
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wakwad compares

By the 2011 count Wakwad is the 31st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 1531.42 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Wakwad

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

Wakwad lies about 53 km from Osmanabad, and the nearest railway station is Kuslamb, about 29 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 Wakwad
Tehsil headquarters	Bhum	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kuslamb	29 km
Nearest town	Barshi	33 km
District headquarters	Osmanabad	53 km

Villages closest to Wakwad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wakwad village had a population of 1,383. That makes it the 31st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Wakwad village has 738 males and 645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakwad has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Wakwad covers 1531.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wakwad falls under Bhum tehsil of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wakwad is Kuslamb, about 29 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 - 10 km distance for Wakwad.

Wakwad is about 53 km from Osmanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wakwad is in Bhum tehsil of Osmanabad district. Bhum is about 8.8 km away. Kuslamb is about 29 km away. Barshi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.