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About Wadap Village

Wadap is a mid sized village in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,173, made up of 622 males and 551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 475.4 hectares hectares.

Wadap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadap village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Washim
Tehsil Malegaon
Area (hectares) 475.4 hectares
Population 1,173
Male Population 622
Female Population 551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wadap compares

By the 2011 count Wadap is the 56th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 475.4 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 925.

Getting to Wadap

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

Wadap lies about 23 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Jaulka, about 13 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 Wadap
Tehsil headquarters Malegaon 4.4 km
Nearest railway station Jaulka 13 km
District headquarters Washim 23 km
Nearest town Wāshīm 23 km

Villages closest to Wadap

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 Wadap

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadap village had a population of 1,173. That makes it the 56th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Wadap village has 622 males and 551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadap has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Wadap covers 475.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wadap falls under Malegaon tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wadap is Jaulka, about 13 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 Wadap.

Wadap is about 23 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wadap is in Malegaon tehsil of Washim district. Malegaon is about 4.4 km away. Jaulka is about 13 km away. Washim is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalambeshwar (2.5 km), Davhi (2.9 km) and Ekamba (3.2 km).

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

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