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About Waghangaon Village

Waghangaon is a mid sized village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 765, made up of 355 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,155 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378 hectares hectares.

Waghangaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Waghangaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Lanja
Area (hectares) 378 hectares
Population 765
Male Population 355
Female Population 410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,155
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Waghangaon compares

By the 2011 count Waghangaon is the 45th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 378 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Waghangaon

Waghangaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Waghangaon 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Vilavade, Virgaon, Vivali and Wadgaon. 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.

Common questions about Waghangaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Waghangaon village had a population of 765. That makes it the 45th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Waghangaon village has 355 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Waghangaon has about 1155 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1174.

Waghangaon covers 378 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Waghangaon falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Waghangaon notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Waghangaon.

Waghangaon is in Lanja 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.

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

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