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About Wai Village

Wai is a mid sized village in Ner tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,269, made up of 654 males and 615 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442.6 hectares hectares.

Wai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Ner
Area (hectares) 442.6 hectares
Population 1,269
Male Population 654
Female Population 615
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
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 25th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 442.6 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

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 39 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Chandur, about 17 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 Chandur 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Ner 20 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 39 km

Villages closest to Wai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ner 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 1,269. That makes it the 25th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Wai village has 654 males and 615 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wai has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

Wai covers 442.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wai falls under Ner tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Wai is Chandur, about 17 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 39 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 Ner tehsil of Yavatmal district. Chandur is about 17 km away. Ner is about 20 km away. Yavatmal is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makrampur (7.0 km), Raipur (7.0 km) and Marwadi (9.5 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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