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About Wakalwadi Village

Wakalwadi is a mid sized village in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 981, made up of 487 males and 494 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.2 hectares hectares.

Wakalwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakalwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Washim
Tehsil Malegaon
Area (hectares) 214.2 hectares
Population 981
Male Population 487
Female Population 494
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Wakalwadi compares

By the 2011 count Wakalwadi is the 71st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 214.2 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Wakalwadi

Wakalwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wakalwadi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wakalwadi from other places

Wakalwadi lies about 32 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Amanwadi, about 12 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 Wakalwadi
Nearest railway station Amanwadi 12 km
Nearest town Pātūr 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Malegaon 13 km
District headquarters Washim 32 km

Villages closest to Wakalwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wakalwadi village had a population of 981. That makes it the 71st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Wakalwadi village has 487 males and 494 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakalwadi has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Wakalwadi covers 214.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wakalwadi falls under Malegaon tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wakalwadi is Amanwadi, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Wakalwadi.

Wakalwadi is about 32 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wakalwadi is in Malegaon tehsil of Washim district. Amanwadi is about 12 km away. Pātūr is about 12 km away. Malegaon is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Marsul (3.0 km), Medshi (3.5 km) and Bramhanwada Najik Marsul (3.9 km).

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

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