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About Wakav Village

Wakav is a large village in Madha tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,037, made up of 1,082 males and 955 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 783.01 hectares hectares.

Wakav Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakav village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Solapur
Tehsil Madha
Area (hectares) 783.01 hectares
Population 2,037
Male Population 1,082
Female Population 955
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Wakav compares

By the 2011 count Wakav is the 54th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,664 residents. Its 783.01 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Wakav

Wakav 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 Wakav 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. The nearest villages by name are Venegaon, Vithalwadi, Wadachiwadi and Wadoli. 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 Wakav

As per the Census of India 2011, Wakav village had a population of 2,037. That makes it the 54th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,664 residents.

Wakav village has 1,082 males and 955 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakav has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Wakav covers 783.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wakav falls under Madha tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Wakav notes the nearest railway station 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 Wakav.

Wakav is in Madha tehsil of Solapur 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 Wakav today is likely to be higher.

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