Wadegaon is a village in the state of Maharashtra located in Akola District in the

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region of central India. It is located around 618 km east of Mumbai and 285 km west of Nagpur.

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is the spoken language. Wadegaon comes under the Balapur Taluka. Wadegaon is also known as Bardoli of Vidarbha.{{Citation needed, date=January 2012 It is famous for its Lemon production and export. Farming is the main occupation of the Wadegaon. Wadegaon town is situated on

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- Balapur State Highway. Fifth Diwan of

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of Gaekwad Dynasty Balwant Rao Bhicaji Rahurakar – (1872–72) (4 months) hails from Rahud Village in Khamgaon. His descendants are living in Rahud, Wadegaon and Undri or villages near Undri. Some of them have changed their surnames to "Rahudkar" or "Lahudkar".

Geography and climate

Wadegaon is located at latitude 20°34'40" North and longitude 76°51'6" East. It is located at an altitude of 925 ft (282m)

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. The climate is tropical, and people predominantly wear cotton clothes. Annual temperatures range from a high of 48 °C (118 °F) to a low of 10 °C (50 °F). Wadegaon lies on the Tropic of Cancer and becomes very hot during the summer, especially in May. Although it can be very hot in the day, it is cool at night. The annual rainfall averages 850 mm. Most of the rainfall occurs in the

monsoon season The wet season (sometimes called the Rainy season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. It is the time of year where the majority of a country's or region's annual precipitation occurs. Generally, the sea ...

between June and September, but some rain does fall during January and February.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the main occupation of the people in Wadegaon. Cotton, soybean and wadegaon lemon is very famous.

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(''Sorghum'') are the essential crops grown in the village. But Wadegaon is famous for its lemon production. Other important crops of Wadegaon are wheat,

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, canola, peanut, Bajra (''Pearl Millet''), Harbara (''Chick Peas''), Toor (''Pigeon Peas''), Urad and Moong (''Green Gram''), etc. Most crops are dependent on the monsoon. Now-a-days many people have started farming with the help of irrigation. Also onion production is one major production Villages in Akola district