About Wadapeth Village

Wadapeth is a mid sized village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 917, made up of 455 males and 462 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368 hectares hectares.

Wadapeth Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadapeth village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Rajapur
Area (hectares)	368 hectares
Population	917
Male Population	455
Female Population	462
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wadapeth compares

By the 2011 count Wadapeth is the 56th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 368 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 1229.

Getting to Wadapeth

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

Wadapeth lies about 31 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Nivasar, about 28 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 Wadapeth
Tehsil headquarters	Rajapur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Nivasar	28 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	31 km

Villages closest to Wadapeth

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadapeth village had a population of 917. That makes it the 56th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Wadapeth village has 455 males and 462 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadapeth has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1229.

Wadapeth covers 368 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wadapeth falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wadapeth is Nivasar, about 28 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 Wadapeth.

Wadapeth is about 31 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wadapeth is in Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Rajapur is about 19 km away. Nivasar is about 28 km away. Ratnagiri is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.