About Waygaon Village

Waygaon is a large village in Samudrapur tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,207, made up of 1,166 males and 1,041 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 843.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 442305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Waygaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Waygaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Wardha
Tehsil	Samudrapur
Pincode	442305
Area (hectares)	843.43 hectares
Population	2,207
Male Population	1,166
Female Population	1,041
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Waygaon compares

By the 2011 count Waygaon is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 843.43 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 929.

Getting to Waygaon

Waygaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Waygaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Waygaon from other places

Waygaon lies about 42 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Hinganghat, about 18 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 Waygaon
Tehsil headquarters	Samudrapur	2.2 km
Nearest town	Hinganghāt	18 km
Nearest railway station	Hinganghat	18 km
District headquarters	Wardha	42 km

Villages closest to Waygaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Waygaon village had a population of 2,207. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Waygaon village has 1,166 males and 1,041 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Waygaon has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Waygaon is 442305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Waygaon covers 843.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Waygaon falls under Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Waygaon is Hinganghat, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance for Waygaon.

Waygaon is about 42 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Waygaon is in Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district. Samudrapur is about 2.2 km away. Hinganghāt is about 18 km away. Hinganghat is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.