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About Wai Village

Wai is a small village in Babulgaon tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 149 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 557 hectares hectares.

Wai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Babulgaon
Area (hectares) 557 hectares
Population 305
Male Population 149
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Wai compares

By the 2011 count Wai is the 77th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 837 residents. Its 557 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Wai

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

Wai lies about 46 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Dipore, about under 2 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 Wai
Nearest railway station Dipore under 2 km
Nearest town Dattāpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Babulgaon 30 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 46 km

Villages closest to Wai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wai village had a population of 305. That makes it the 77th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 837 residents.

Wai village has 149 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wai has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Wai covers 557 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wai falls under Babulgaon tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wai is Dipore, about under 2 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 km distance for Wai.

Wai is about 46 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wai is in Babulgaon tehsil of Yavatmal district. Dipore is about under 2 km away. Dattāpur is about 12 km away. Babulgaon is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandapur (5.7 km), Haibatpur (11 km) and Mirjapur (11 km).

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

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