Wakadi is a village in
Rahata taluka
Rahata taluka, is a taluka in Shrirampur subdivision of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra State of India.
Area
The table below shows area of the taluka by land type.
Villages
There are around 60 villages in Rahata taluka. ''For list of villa ...
of
Ahmednagar district
Ahmednagar district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ɦ(ə)məd̪nəɡəɾ is the largest districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical Ahmednagar city is the headquarters of the district. ...
in Indian state of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
. It has a temple dedicated to the Hindu deity
Khandoba
Khandoba (IAST: Khaṇḍobā), Martanda Bhairava, Malhari, or Malhar is a Hindu deity worshiped as a manifestation of Shiva mainly in the Deccan plateau of India, especially in the state of Maharashtra. He is the most popular Kuladevata (family ...
.It has a higher secondary school named 'shri Laxmi Narayan vidyalay' located in mid of town.
Demographics
The
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
recorded the population of Wakadi as being 11,930, of which 6.185 were males.
Transport
Road
Wakadi is connected to
Shirdi and
Shrirampur
Shrirampur is a city and a municipal council located in the Ahmednagar district of the Indian state of Maharashtra situated at 19.62 N, 74.66 E in western Maharashtra
Climate
Shrirampur has a tropical wet and dry climate with average tempera ...
by Shirdi-Shingnapur state highway.
Rail
Chitali station is the nearest railway station to village.
Air
Shirdi Airport
Shirdi Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Shirdi, Maharashtra, India. It is located at Kakadi, about southwest of the city and from Sangamner. It is the fourth busiest airport in the state after Mumbai, Pune, and Nagpur airp ...
is nearest airport to village at distance of 27 km.
See also
*
List of villages in Rahata taluka
There are around 60 villages in Rahata tehsil of Ahmednagar district of state of Maharashtra. Following is the list of village in Rahata tehsil.
A
* Adgaon Bk
* Adgaon Kh
* Astagaon
B
* Babhaleshwar
* Bhagwatipur
C
* Chandrapur
* Chitali ...
References
Villages in Ahmednagar district
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