About Drugwada Village

Drugwada is a mid sized village in Ashti tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,313, made up of 687 males and 626 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 334.7 hectares hectares.

Drugwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Drugwada village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Wardha
Tehsil	Ashti
Area (hectares)	334.7 hectares
Population	1,313
Male Population	687
Female Population	626
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Drugwada compares

By the 2011 count Drugwada is the 14th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 888 residents. Its 334.7 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Drugwada

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

Drugwada lies about 76 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Benoda, about 15 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 Drugwada
Tehsil headquarters	Ashti	15 km
Nearest railway station	Benoda	15 km
Nearest town	Warud	17 km
District headquarters	Wardha	76 km

Villages closest to Drugwada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Drugwada village had a population of 1,313. That makes it the 14th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 888 residents.

Drugwada village has 687 males and 626 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Drugwada has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

Drugwada covers 334.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Drugwada falls under Ashti tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Drugwada is Benoda, about 15 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 Drugwada.

Drugwada is about 76 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Drugwada is in Ashti tehsil of Wardha district. Ashti is about 15 km away. Benoda is about 15 km away. Warud is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.