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About Waghgaon Village

Waghgaon is a mid sized village in Murbad tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 639, made up of 340 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 456 hectares hectares.

Waghgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Waghgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Murbad
Area (hectares) 456 hectares
Population 639
Male Population 340
Female Population 299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Waghgaon compares

By the 2011 count Waghgaon is the 123rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 842 residents. Its 456 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Waghgaon

Waghgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Waghgaon 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. The nearest villages by name are Veluk, Vidhe, Vidhyanagar and Wadu. 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 Waghgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Waghgaon village had a population of 639. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 842 residents.

Waghgaon village has 340 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Waghgaon has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Waghgaon covers 456 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.

Waghgaon falls under Murbad tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

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

Waghgaon is in Murbad tehsil of Thane 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 Waghgaon today is likely to be higher.

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