About Wai Village

Wai is a mid sized village in Digras tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 882, made up of 457 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 475 hectares hectares.

Wai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wai village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Digras
Area (hectares)	475 hectares
Population	882
Male Population	457
Female Population	425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wai compares

By the 2011 count Wai is the 47th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,423 residents. Its 475 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 936.

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 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 Wai from other places

Wai lies about 44 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Darwha Motibag, about 14 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
Tehsil headquarters	Digras	11 km
Nearest railway station	Darwha Motibag	14 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	44 km

Villages closest to Wai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wai village had a population of 882. That makes it the 47th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,423 residents.

Wai village has 457 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wai has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 936.

Wai covers 475 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wai falls under Digras tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wai is Darwha Motibag, about 14 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 Wai.

Wai is about 44 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 Digras tehsil of Yavatmal district. Digras is about 11 km away. Darwha Motibag is about 14 km away. Yavatmal is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.