# Wafegaon Village, Malshiras, Solapur (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Malshiras, Solapur 

# Wafegaon

Wafegaon is a village in Malshiras sub-district of Solapur district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,633 people in 328 households**, the 89th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 1,633people (2011)
- 328households
- 72.4%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Wafegaon PIN code and other codes

Wafegaon falls in Malshiras sub-district, Solapur district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockMalshiras
- Census village code562472

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Wafegaon from nearby towns?

- Malshiras (sub-district HQ)33 km by road
- Solapur (district HQ)125 km by road
- Pandharpur (nearest town)44 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Wafegaon?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Wafegaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Tambve
- ○Degree college10+ km · Malewadi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Khandali
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Wafegaon known for?

About 57% of the 848 hectares of village land is sown, and 74 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Wafegaon

Of every 100 households in Wafegaon in 2011, 61 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 44 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Wafegaon · ■ Malshiras rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**66%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**61%

Tap water ****1%**

**37%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**80%

Use banking services ****78%**

**72%

Television ****33%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****44%**

**31%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

None of these assets ****20%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**88%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Wafegaon?

■ Wafegaon · ■ Malshiras rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**925

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**872

Working population ****45.3%**

**46.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 60.9% for women. 55% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 320 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 263 (36%) · **■** Other work 72 (10%) · **■** Marginal 85 (11%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Malshiras

- Dombalwadi1,854 people
- Bondale1,846 people
- Kalamwadi1,683 people
- Bhamb1,678 people
- Kothale1,622 people
- Dhanore1,565 people
- Deshmukhwadi1,534 people
- Vijaywadi1,531 people

[All 114 villages in Malshiras](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/solapur/malshiras/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Wafegaon from Solapur?125 km by road
- What is the population of Wafegaon?1,633 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wafegaon in?Solapur district (Malshiras sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Wafegaon?72.4% (Census 2011)