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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
varsha pravin bokse
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- LGD code
- 542646
- Pincode
- 445202
- Post office
- Darwha
- Population
- 1,061
- Households
- 261
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Sex ratio
- 954 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 504
Census 2011 · in context
How Wagad Kh. compares
By population, Wagad Kh. ranks #57 of 144 villages in Darwha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.6%
−5.0% vs mandal average
Wagad Kh.67.6%
Darwha mandal72.6%
Yavatmal district73.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
954
+6 vs mandal average
Wagad Kh.954
Darwha mandal948
Household size
people per home
4.1
Same as the mandal average
Wagad Kh.4.1
Darwha mandal4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Wagad Kh. at a glance
Wagad Kh. is a village of 1,061 people in 261 households (Census 2011) in Darwha taluka, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, the 57th-largest of 144 villages in Darwha taluka. Literacy is 68%, 5 points below the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 445202, served by Darwha post office; the LGD village code is 542646. The sarpanch is varsha pravin bokse, and the village votes in Washim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyam Ramcharan Khode. The population is estimated at 1,251 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Wagad Kh.
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DARWHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 505
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 330
- Forest area (ha)
- 97
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Wagad Kh.
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Wagad Kh.
- LGD code
- 542646
- Pincode
- 445202
- Post office
- Darwha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,061
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,251
- Households
- 261
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 954
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal-Washim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Washim
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Deshmukh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shyam Ramcharan Khode
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- varsha pravin bokse
- Block / Mandal
- Darwha
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)