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About Wagade Village

Wagade is a large village in Kankavli tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,585, made up of 1,297 males and 1,288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 664.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wagade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wagade village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Kankavli
Pincode 416602
Area (hectares) 664.53 hectares
Population 2,585
Male Population 1,297
Female Population 1,288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Wagade compares

By the 2011 count Wagade is the 6th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 664.53 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Wagade

Wagade 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 Wagade 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Upanagar, Uttamnagar, Uttar Bajar Peth and Uttargavthan. 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 Wagade

As per the Census of India 2011, Wagade village had a population of 2,585. That makes it the 6th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Wagade village has 1,297 males and 1,288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wagade has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Wagade is 416602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wagade covers 664.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wagade falls under Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

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

Wagade is in Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg 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 Wagade today is likely to be higher.

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