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About Wangarwadi Village

Wangarwadi is a mid sized village in Barshi tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,339, made up of 708 males and 631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1059 hectares hectares.

Wangarwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wangarwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Solapur
Tehsil Barshi
Area (hectares) 1059 hectares
Population 1,339
Male Population 708
Female Population 631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Wangarwadi compares

By the 2011 count Wangarwadi is the 67th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,878 residents. Its 1059 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Wangarwadi

Wangarwadi 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 Wangarwadi 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wangarwadi from other places

Wangarwadi lies about 65 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Shendri, about 1.9 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 Wangarwadi
Nearest railway station Shendri 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Barshi 14 km
District headquarters Solapur 65 km

Villages closest to Wangarwadi

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

Common questions about Wangarwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Wangarwadi village had a population of 1,339. That makes it the 67th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,878 residents.

Wangarwadi village has 708 males and 631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wangarwadi has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 905.

Wangarwadi covers 1059 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wangarwadi falls under Barshi tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wangarwadi is Shendri, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Wangarwadi.

Wangarwadi is about 65 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wangarwadi is in Barshi tehsil of Solapur district. Shendri is about 1.9 km away. Barshi is about 14 km away. Solapur is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shendri (2.7 km), Bhoinje (4.4 km) and Shripat Pimpri (5.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Wangarwadi today is likely to be higher.

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