About Virgavhan Village

Virgavhan is a mid sized village in Karanja tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 386 males and 336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 417.34 hectares hectares.

Virgavhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Virgavhan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Karanja
Area (hectares)	417.34 hectares
Population	722
Male Population	386
Female Population	336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Virgavhan compares

By the 2011 count Virgavhan is the 76th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 417.34 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 935.

Getting to Virgavhan

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

Virgavhan lies about 70 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Pohe, 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 Virgavhan
Nearest railway station	Pohe	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karanja	15 km
Nearest town	Kāranja	15 km
District headquarters	Washim	70 km

Villages closest to Virgavhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Virgavhan village had a population of 722. That makes it the 76th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Virgavhan village has 386 males and 336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Virgavhan has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Virgavhan covers 417.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Virgavhan falls under Karanja tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Virgavhan is Pohe, 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 Virgavhan.

Virgavhan is about 70 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Virgavhan is in Karanja tehsil of Washim district. Pohe is about 13 km away. Karanja is about 15 km away. Kāranja is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.