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- LGD code
- 540220
- Pincode
- 442907
- Post office
- Warora
- Population
- 442
- Households
- 104
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 236
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 22 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 659 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 344 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nagri · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Nandori · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Wathoda compares
By population, Wathoda ranks #103 of 177 villages in Warora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.2%
+2.9% vs mandal average
Wathoda76.2%
Warora mandal73.3%
Chandrapur district71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+50 vs mandal average
Wathoda1,000
Warora mandal950
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
Wathoda4.3
Warora mandal4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Wathoda at a glance
Wathoda is a village of 442 people in 104 households (Census 2011) in Warora taluka, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, the 103rd-largest of 177 villages in Warora taluka. Literacy is 76%, 3 points above the taluka average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Chandrapur district centre, 39 km from Chimur, the nearest town, 13 km from Nagri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442907, served by Warora post office; the LGD village code is 540220. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Nandori, 9 km away. The village votes in Hinganghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Samir Trimbakrao Kunawar. The population is estimated at 521 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Wathoda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- WARORA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 68
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 27
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 439.61
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 144
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Wathoda
- LGD code
- 540220
- Pincode
- 442907
- Post office
- Warora
- Population (Census 2011)
- 442
- Population (projected 2026)
- 521
- Households
- 104
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Coordinates
- 20.44081°N, 79.00492°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Wardha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hinganghat
- Member of Parliament
- Amar Kale
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Samir Trimbakrao Kunawar
- Block / Mandal
- Warora
Getting there
How to reach Wathoda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai659 kmcapital
- Hyderabad344 km
- Chennai829 km
- Bengaluru844 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNagri13 km
- Bus stopJamb21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Nandori9 km
- ATM / bankIndian Overseas Bank22 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil2 km
- CollegeIndustrial Training Institute23 km
- Police stationPolice Station Warora22 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)