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About Waghoshi Village

Waghoshi is a mid sized village in Khandala tehsil, in the district of Satara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,399, made up of 735 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 776.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Waghoshi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Waghoshi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Satara
Tehsil Khandala
Pincode 415521
Area (hectares) 776.29 hectares
Population 1,399
Male Population 735
Female Population 664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Waghoshi compares

By the 2011 count Waghoshi is the 30th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 776.29 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Waghoshi

Waghoshi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Waghoshi 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Shivajinagar, Sukhed, Tondal and Vadgaon. 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 Waghoshi

As per the Census of India 2011, Waghoshi village had a population of 1,399. That makes it the 30th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Waghoshi village has 735 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Waghoshi has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Waghoshi is 415521. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Waghoshi covers 776.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Waghoshi falls under Khandala tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Waghoshi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Waghoshi.

Waghoshi is in Khandala tehsil of Satara 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 Waghoshi today is likely to be higher.

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