About Wavghar Village

Wavghar is a mid sized village in Dapoli tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,088, made up of 538 males and 550 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.97 hectares hectares.

Wavghar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wavghar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Dapoli
Area (hectares)	314.97 hectares
Population	1,088
Male Population	538
Female Population	550
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wavghar compares

By the 2011 count Wavghar is the 38th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 314.97 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1293.

Getting to Wavghar

Wavghar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wavghar 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. The nearest villages by name are Waghave, Waghivane, Wakavali and Walane. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Wavghar

As per the Census of India 2011, Wavghar village had a population of 1,088. That makes it the 38th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Wavghar village has 538 males and 550 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wavghar has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1293.

Wavghar covers 314.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wavghar falls under Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Wavghar notes the nearest railway station 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 Wavghar.

Wavghar is in Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.