# Wakan Village, Mahagaon, Yavatmal (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/yavatmal/mahagaon/wakan/

Village · Mahagaon, Yavatmal 

# Wakan

Wakan is a village in Mahagaon sub-district of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,191 people in 267 households**, the 63rd largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 1,191people (2011)
- 267households
- 67.3%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Wakan PIN code and other codes

Wakan falls in Mahagaon sub-district, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockMahagaon
- Census village code543085

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

## How far is Wakan from nearby towns?

- Mahagaon (sub-district HQ)37 km by road
- Yavatmal (district HQ)90 km by road
- Pusad (nearest town)30 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 Wakan?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Wakan; 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
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Pokhari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gunj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pusad
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Wakan known for?

About 69% of the 1,060 hectares of village land is sown, and 693 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 Wakan

Of every 100 households in Wakan in 2011, 14 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Wakan · ■ Mahagaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**83%

Tap water ****26%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****16%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****70%**

**50%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 Wakan?

■ Wakan · ■ Mahagaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1108**

**914

Working population ****53.0%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 55.7% for women. 55% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 334 (53%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 31 (5%) · **■** Marginal 94 (15%)

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 Mahagaon

- Anandnagar1,314 people
- Khadaka1,306 people
- Chinchpad1,302 people
- Kaudgaon1,274 people
- Manoharnagar1,187 people
- Botha1,185 people
- Sarkinhi1,159 people
- Warodi1,142 people

[All 116 villages in Mahagaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/yavatmal/mahagaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Wakan from Yavatmal?90 km by road
- What is the population of Wakan?1,191 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wakan in?Yavatmal district (Mahagaon sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Wakan?67.3% (Census 2011)