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About Wakeshwar Village

Wakeshwar is a mid sized village in Khatav tehsil, in the district of Satara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,818, made up of 888 males and 930 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 780 hectares hectares.

Wakeshwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakeshwar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Satara
Tehsil Khatav
Area (hectares) 780 hectares
Population 1,818
Male Population 888
Female Population 930
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wakeshwar compares

By the 2011 count Wakeshwar is the 46th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 780 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Wakeshwar

Wakeshwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wakeshwar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Varud, Vetane, Vikhale and Visapur. 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 Wakeshwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Wakeshwar village had a population of 1,818. That makes it the 46th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Wakeshwar village has 888 males and 930 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakeshwar has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

Wakeshwar covers 780 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wakeshwar falls under Khatav tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Wakeshwar 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 <5 km distance for Wakeshwar.

Wakeshwar is in Khatav 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 Wakeshwar today is likely to be higher.

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