About Wakan Village

Wakan is a mid sized village in Mahagaon tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,191, made up of 603 males and 588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1060.11 hectares hectares.

Wakan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wakan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Mahagaon
Area (hectares)	1060.11 hectares
Population	1,191
Male Population	603
Female Population	588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wakan compares

By the 2011 count Wakan is the 60th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,697 residents. Its 1060.11 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Wakan

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

Wakan lies about 58 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Darwha Motibag, about 44 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 Wakan
Nearest town	Digras	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mahagaon	31 km
Nearest railway station	Darwha Motibag	44 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	58 km

Villages closest to Wakan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wakan village had a population of 1,191. That makes it the 60th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,697 residents.

Wakan village has 603 males and 588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wakan has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Wakan covers 1060.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wakan falls under Mahagaon tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wakan is Darwha Motibag, about 44 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 Wakan.

Wakan is about 58 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wakan is in Mahagaon tehsil of Yavatmal district. Digras is about 23 km away. Mahagaon is about 31 km away. Darwha Motibag is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.