About Wayangani Village

Wayangani is a mid sized village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,653, made up of 838 males and 815 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1088.08 hectares hectares.

Wayangani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wayangani village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Malwan
Area (hectares)	1088.08 hectares
Population	1,653
Male Population	838
Female Population	815
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wayangani compares

By the 2011 count Wayangani is the 10th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 1088.08 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Wayangani

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

Wayangani lies about 12 km from Malwan, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 23 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 Wayangani
Tehsil headquarters	Malwan	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sindhudurg	23 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	47 km

Villages closest to Wayangani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wayangani village had a population of 1,653. That makes it the 10th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Wayangani village has 838 males and 815 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wayangani has about 973 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 1067.

Wayangani covers 1088.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wayangani falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wayangani is Sindhudurg, about 23 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 Wayangani.

Wayangani is about 12 km from Malwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wayangani is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Malwan is about 12 km away. Sindhudurg is about 23 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.