About Wadachapat Village

Wadachapat is a mid sized village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 976, made up of 483 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 704 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416608, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wadachapat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadachapat village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Malwan
Pincode	416608
Area (hectares)	704 hectares
Population	976
Male Population	483
Female Population	493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wadachapat compares

By the 2011 count Wadachapat is the 32nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 704 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Wadachapat

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

Wadachapat lies about 16 km from Malwan, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 13 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 Wadachapat
Nearest railway station	Sindhudurg	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malwan	16 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	39 km

Villages closest to Wadachapat

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 Wadachapat

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadachapat village had a population of 976. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Wadachapat village has 483 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadachapat has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Wadachapat is 416608. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wadachapat covers 704 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wadachapat falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wadachapat is Sindhudurg, about 13 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 Wadachapat.

Wadachapat is about 16 km from Malwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wadachapat is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sindhudurg is about 13 km away. Malwan is about 16 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.