About Wahiajer Village

Wahiajer is a mid sized village in Khliehriat tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 602, made up of 297 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wahiajer Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wahiajer village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Khliehriat
Pincode	793160
Population	602
Male Population	297
Female Population	305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wahiajer compares

By the 2011 count Wahiajer is the 41st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 827 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Wahiajer

Wahiajer is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Wahiajer as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Wahiajer from other places

Wahiajer lies about 28 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Barahu, about 65 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 Wahiajer
Nearest town	Jowai	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khliehriat	28 km
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	28 km
Nearest railway station	Barahu	65 km

Villages closest to Wahiajer

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Wahiajer village had a population of 602. That makes it the 41st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Wahiajer village has 297 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wahiajer has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Wahiajer is 793160. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wahiajer falls under Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Wahiajer is Barahu, about 65 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Wahiajer.

Wahiajer is about 28 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wahiajer is in Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Jowai is about 11 km away. Khliehriat is about 28 km away. Jaintia Hills is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.