# Wai Village, Digras, Yavatmal (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Digras, Yavatmal 

# Wai

Wai is a village in Digras sub-district of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,220 people in 276 households**, the 33rd largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 1,220people (2011)
- 276households
- 86.0%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Wai PIN code and other codes

Wai falls in Digras sub-district, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDigras
- Census village code542711

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

## How far is Wai from nearby towns?

- Digras (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Yavatmal (district HQ)65 km by road
- Digras (nearest town)26 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 Wai?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Wai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kalgaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Digras
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pusad
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 14 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 Wai known for?

About 61% of the 519 hectares of village land is sown, and 15 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 Wai

Of every 100 households in Wai in 2011, 53 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Wai · ■ Digras rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**72%

Tap water ****100%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****72%**

**50%

Television ****26%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**52%

Own their home ****91%**

**95%

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 Wai?

■ Wai · ■ Digras rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.0%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**920

Working population ****54.1%**

**50.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 80.7% for women. 60% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 345 (52%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (4%) · **■** Marginal 120 (18%)

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 Digras

- Fetri1,372 people
- Fulwadi1,348 people
- Nimbha1,250 people
- Sawanga Kh.1,224 people
- Chirkuta1,213 people
- Rohana1,209 people
- Gandhinagar1,192 people
- Ashta1,186 people

[All 80 villages in Digras](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/yavatmal/digras/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Wai from Yavatmal?65 km by road
- What is the population of Wai?1,220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wai in?Yavatmal district (Digras sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Wai?86.0% (Census 2011)